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DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1946 – March 20, 1968
Service recordDavid Edward Gregoire, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 40
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 45E, Line 40
- ELGIE GEORGE HANNAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- RUFUS Q HENDERSONSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT JUAREZPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL KARESHospitalman · March 20, 1968
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL HURLEY JRMajor · March 29, 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.