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DONALD LEROY GASSER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1941 – August 29, 1967
Service recordDonald Leroy Gasser, of Berkeley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Berkeley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 62
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS GALLAGHERHospitalman · August 29, 1967
- RUDOLPH GORHAMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- DAVID COLIN HALLFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROMAN SISNEROSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 65
From Berkeley
- ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACSWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
- PHILIP MICHAEL CALLANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- KENNETH ROBBINS CAMERONCaptain · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HARECorporal · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD MULLAN JRHospitalman · June 28, 1967
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR WESTPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- ESMOND EMERSON SNELL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 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.