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BRADLEY KENT GAUS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – March 16, 1970
Service recordBradley Kent Gaus, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 5
- VINCENT EDWARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · March 16, 1970
- LOUIS CRAIG EMERYSergeant · March 16, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES FERNSergeant · March 16, 1970
- MICHAEL LEWIS GEISTERFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD ERNEST CORLETTCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 4
- MICHAEL DE-WAYNE DAVISSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 4
- VINCENT EDWARD DUFFYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 5
- LOUIS CRAIG EMERYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 5
- JOHN DANIEL INGRUMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 6
- JOSEPH ELISIO ORLANDI JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 8
From Quincy
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- JOHN CRAIG ARNOLDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD FOGLEMANCorporal · May 11, 1970
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.