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DONALD GAGNE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1946 – November 4, 1966
Service recordDonald Gagne, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 4, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 21
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 21
- FRED AUSBUN GADDISPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- EUGENE FRANKLIN GOECKNERSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THEODORE LANGSTON HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD REGINALD JOHNSTONSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH RAGOCorporal · March 9, 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.