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CLAUDE JOSEPH GASPARD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1946 – May 20, 1968
Service recordClaude Joseph Gaspard JR, of Short Hills, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Short Hills, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 4
- GARY WAYNE DUNNSpecialist Five · May 20, 1968
- JOE EVANSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GILLARDSergeant · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK WILLIAM WEIDNERSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 9
- MELVIN WOODCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 10
From Short Hills
- JUSTIN RICE WHITING IVPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- CHARLES MARK JUDGE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- WILLIAM D HUYLER JRSecond Lieutenant · September 14, 1967
- WILLIAM F MULLINS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- PHILIP CRAIG BENNSecond Lieutenant · March 26, 1968
- WILLIAM A MAGUIRE JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
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.