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DAVID EUGENE GOSSARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – September 20, 1967
Service recordDavid Eugene Gossard, of Lima, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Lima, Ohio (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 96
- ROY GREEN HARRIS JRPlatoon Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- STANLEY HORTONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- RICHARD DALE NORWOODSpecialist Four · September 20, 1967
- TERRY LEE OAKDENSergeant · September 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROY GREEN HARRIS JRPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 96
From Lima
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARINER PATRICKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- ARMON D SHINGLEDECKERCaptain · May 31, 1966
- DANIEL LEE GARRISONSeaman · December 26, 1966
- JAMES DUDLEY SHAFERSergeant · November 6, 1967
- LOUIS TIMOTHY HAZZARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL DWAINE NEWLANDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.