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DARWIN DALE GORDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – March 24, 1968
Service recordDarwin Dale Gordon, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 6
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- STEPHEN LLOYD HALSTEADPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- TROY RAY HAYDENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 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.