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CLAUDDELL GANDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1945 – May 11, 1966
Service recordClauddell Gandy, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 48
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- FRANCIS JAMES FENELEYMajor · May 11, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT HAUSSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GALE VERNON CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 47
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JIMMY HERMAN SMITHLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
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.