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DRANNON RAY GORDON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1941 – November 5, 1969
Service recordDrannon Ray Gordon, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 34
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 34
- HOWARD L FLAMENTSpecialist Five · November 5, 1969
- WADE ANTHONY GREERCaptain · November 5, 1969
- EUGENE RAY JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- DOUGLAS PAUL LEFEVERMajor · November 5, 1969
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.