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DAVID C GORMICAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1945 – July 12, 1969
Service recordDavid C Gormican, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 107
- RONALD MARVIN CREMERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- STEVEN TRAVIS CUMMINSSergeant · July 12, 1969
- DANIEL MAURICE DENNISSpecialist Four · July 12, 1969
- RICHARD ALAN ENGLANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.