United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Air Force · United States 
Colonel Gerald Robert Helmich served in the U.S. Air Force. Gerald served with the 6 SOS. Gerald served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Gerald was 37 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
1115J: Pilot, Single-seat Attack Aircraft (A-1 Skyraider)
PILOT
MANCHESTER, NH
1978
Pay grade O06.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
7
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
New Hampshire State Cemetery
Section
3
Grave
146
Row
C
In Our Keeping
Permanent identifier
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Gerald Robert Helmich
Colonel
U.S. Air Force
- 1978
6th Special Operations Squadron
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