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WILLIAM CARL GEARING JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 24, 1948 – May 19, 1969
Service recordWilliam Carl Gearing JR, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Intelligence Analyst (96B)
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 54
- BILLY RAY HEADSergeant First Class · May 19, 1969
- THOMAS MARTIN HOFFMANNLance Corporal · May 19, 1969
- JEREMIAH JUNESpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- DONALD GLENN KELLYSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.