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DOUGLAS EUGENE GOSSAGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1949 – September 26, 1968
Service recordDouglas Eugene Gossage, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 17
- MICHAEL DAVID ECKERFELDSpecialist Five · September 26, 1968
- ALFRED ANDREW FILIPPELLICorporal · September 26, 1968
- BARRY KEVIN FISKFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAYNE STATESStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 23
- JOHN CLAYTON WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 25
- WILLIAM ARNOLD WESTLAKECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 25
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.