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DAVID ALAN GAUCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1947 – January 14, 1969
Service recordDavid Alan Gauch, of Euclid, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 89
- WAYNE OWEN FEINAUERCorporal · January 14, 1969
- NORMAN ELAN GOODMANSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- IRVIN HUGH HILLLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
- KENNETH LOREN JONESCorporal · January 14, 1969
From Euclid
- RAYMOND MICHAEL CHASSERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- LLOYD ANDREW SELLERS IIISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE BLASKISSeaman · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · August 8, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 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.