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DAVID ATOIGUE GORTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 2, 1951 – November 15, 1971
Service recordDavid Atoigue Gorton, of Talofofo, Guam, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Crewmember (17B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Talofofo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 67
- HAROLD JUNIOR RITCHSpecialist Four · November 12, 1971
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · November 15, 1971
- JOHN ANDREW CHARNOPLOSKYSergeant · November 15, 1971
- ROBERT DUANE PIERCEPrivate First Class · November 15, 1971
From Talofofo
- ERNEST PABLO SANTOSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- JOHNNY SALAS TAITAGUESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
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.