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GLEASON CAY HELTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1949 – March 30, 1970
Service recordGleason Cay Helton, of Rockholds, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 60
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockholds, Kentucky (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 60
- CLIFFORD EUGENE HALEYLance Corporal · March 30, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD HAWKSpecialist Four · March 30, 1970
- RUSSELL CRANSTON HIBLERSergeant · March 30, 1970
- NICHOLAS MICHAEL MOLNARSergeant · March 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MICHAEL ANAYACorporal · Panel 12W, Line 59
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 59
- FLOYD STANLEY FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 59
- RUSSELL CRANSTON HIBLERSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 60
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.