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GERHARD W C VANDERFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 29, 1949 – January 3, 1969
Service recordGerhard W C Vanderford, of Corinth, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 554 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- July 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Corinth, Mississippi (Alcorn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 554 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 30
- ROBERT MICHAEL STECSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- WALDON JEROME SWARTSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UNSINNSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- PHILLIP DONALD WATTERSFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 25
- ELDRIDGE MAURICE DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 25
- JERRY DUNLAPSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 26
- MOISES A REYES JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 29
- DENNIS JOHN STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 29
- WALDON JEROME SWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 30
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UNSINNSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 30
From Corinth
- BOBBY HUDSONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1966
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- PRINCE ARTHUR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY FRANKLIN NEWCOMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GARY KENNETH LANNOMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- WEYMAN TERRY COOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- TROY LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.