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BERNARD GAUSE JR
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
November 11, 1940 – May 15, 1975
Service recordBernard Gause JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 15, 1975, in Cambodia, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 130
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1975
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Uss Mayaguez Capture
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1975. In May 1975, 42 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Cambodia while the Mayaguez incident was under way. After Khmer Rouge forces seized the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez in May 1975, Marines assaulted Koh Tang island; their names are the last on the Wall.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 130
- GREGORY SCOTT COPENHAVERLance Corporal · May 15, 1975
- GARY LEE HALLPrivate First Class · May 15, 1975
- JOSEPH N HARGROVELance Corporal · May 15, 1975
- KELTON RENA TURNERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1975
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.