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JOHN CEPHAS GAETH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1947 – July 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Cephas Gaeth, of Schuyler, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 17
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
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Schuyler, Nebraska (Colfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 17
- RENE CARBAJAL-AZMITIASpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ARTHUR COLEMAN JRCorporal · July 20, 1968
- ERNEST EVANSSergeant · July 20, 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.