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ALTON LOUIS GAJAN
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
July 18, 1928 – January 5, 1966
Service recordAlton Louis Gajan, of Brookfield, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Medium Transport (062D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1928
- Home of record
- Brookfield, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 54
- HAROLD JOSEPH BRAZENLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SKALBACorporal · January 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LIONEL JOHN BRYAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 53
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 54
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4E, Line 54
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 55
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.