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WILSON TRUMAN GERALD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1945 – May 17, 1967
Service recordWilson Truman Gerald, of Orrum, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Orrum, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 15
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN FAULKNERCorporal · May 17, 1967
- JOSEPH O FRIGAULTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GUISTPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 121
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 12
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 13
- MARVIN EUGENE CUTRERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 13
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 14
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 15
- JOSEPH O FRIGAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 15
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 16
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 19
- WILLIAM COY TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 20
From Orrum
- JIMMY LINWOOD RHODESSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- VINSON BYRDCorporal · July 6, 1967
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.