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DAVID EDWARD GORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1949 – May 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Edward Gore, of Manteca, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Manteca, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 9
- ROBERT ALTON FINKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- HENRY COAKLEY FLIPPENStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE GILLISPIEPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT ESPINOZA GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
From Manteca
- BROCK DENNIS ELLIOTTLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE LOPEZSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · February 7, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · March 11, 1969
- JAMES EARL LOWRYLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- WILLIAM LESLIE MORGANAirman First Class · January 24, 1971
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.