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DAVID GADDIE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1941 – October 4, 1970
Service recordDavid Gaddie JR, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 111
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Hope Mills, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 111
- STEVEN EUGENE GROVESergeant · October 4, 1970
- DAVID WAYNE LARSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1970
- DENNIS LEE MIKOLAJCZYKStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1970
- BRUCE POLESETSKYPrivate · October 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 111
- BRIAN DALE UPRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 112
From Hope Mills
- BILLY RAY SLADESergeant · March 14, 1966
- BOBBY GLYNN GADIEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
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.