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GREGORY ALLEN GYDESEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 9, 1952 – December 17, 1970
Service recordGregory Allen Gydesen, of Big Rapids, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 126
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1952
- Home of record
- Big Rapids, Michigan (Mecosta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 126
- FRED ALBERT WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH WILSONCaptain · December 16, 1970
- PHILLIP ALLEN WILSONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL CURTISStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS FOREST HERRINGCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 127
From Big Rapids
- JOHN BOWERS WORCESTERLieutenant Commander · October 19, 1965
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- THOMAS FREDRICK RAY JRCorporal · October 25, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS HAYSSpecialist Five · January 27, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS KELLYStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
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.