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DALE FRANCIS GAGNE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – July 12, 1967
Service recordDale Francis Gagne, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 58
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ CO 35 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 58
- GERALD LAWRENCE FOXPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- WILLIE KETCHERY FULLILOVEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDDIE CARL GIBSONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- STEPHEN JAMES GROTHSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.