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Aubin, Gerald A., 1SG.
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Contact Info
Home Town Millbury, MA
Last Address Millbury, MA
Date of Passing Jan 10, 1964
Location of Interment Millbury Central Cemetery - Millbury, Massachusetts
Wall/Plot Coordinates Aubin Family Plot
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Last Known Activity:
Killed during the "Martyrs' Day" hostilities in Panama (9-10 Jan 1964).: Staff Sergeant Luis Jiminez Cruz and First Sergeant Gerald A. Aubin were shot to death in an Army jeep by sniper fire as they approached their unit, Bravo company that was pinned down by snipers fire.
Martyrs' Day is a Panamanianholiday which commemorates the January 9, 1964 riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone. The riot started after a Panamanian flag was torn during conflict between Panamanian students and Canal Zone Police officers, over the right of the Panamanian flag to be flown alongside the U.S. flag.
U.S. Army units became involved in suppressing the violence after Canal Zone police were overwhelmed, and after three days of fighting, about 21 Panamanians and four U.S. soldiers were killed. The incident is considered to be a significant factor in the U.S. decision to transfer control of the Canal Zone to Panama through the 1977 Torrijos�??Carter Treaties.
