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JERALD ALBERT SLATER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – September 28, 1967
Service recordJerald Albert Slater, of East Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- East Paterson, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 25
- CLARK LYNWOOD MARSHSpecialist Five · September 28, 1967
- CHARLES ANTHONY MONDYKESergeant · September 28, 1967
- JOSEPH TONY MUSETTI JRPetty Officer Second Class · September 28, 1967
- TRACY HARLEY RIFFEYSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARCUS TRUMAN KENNEDYSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 24
- CHARLES ANTHONY MONDYKESergeant · Panel 27E, Line 25
From East Paterson
- JOHN PATRICK PREZIOSISergeant · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT BRUNNOWLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
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.