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DURWARD DEAN GOSNEY
Major · U.S. Army
October 17, 1932 – October 7, 1964
Service recordDurward Dean Gosney, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 17, 1932
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1964
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 65
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- THOMAS ARTHUR BAINPrivate First Class · October 7, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
From Phoenix
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · 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.