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DAVID WILLIAM GASKIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1948 – June 16, 1968
Service recordDavid William Gaskin, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 3
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Deerfield Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 3
- WILLIAM DAVID GROOMSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES MITCHELL HANNAHCorporal · June 16, 1968
- PATRICK KEITH HANNONPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 1968
From Deerfield Beach
- JOSEPH HUDSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- WALTER LEE BECKWITH JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- MICHAEL HARRY CORWINSergeant · May 17, 1970
- JOSEPH PATRICK LUTZSpecialist Four · June 20, 1970
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.