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CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDON
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 6, 1923 – January 7, 1964
Service recordCleveland William Gordon, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 7, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 40
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 6, 1923
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1964
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1964. In January 1964, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 40
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- CARL BERG MITCHELLMajor · January 14, 1964
- CHARLES MARTIN HASPERFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1964
From Pittsburgh
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
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.