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EUGENE RICHARD GUDISWITZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1950 – June 18, 1970
Service recordEugene Richard Gudiswitz, of Ferguson, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 64
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Ferguson, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 64
- PAUL DUFAULTPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- JAMES ARVIL GREENPrivate First Class · June 18, 1970
- EARNEST HARDIMON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1970
- ROY JAY HOLMGRENSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
From Ferguson
- REAVIS A MONTREY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS LIESECorporal · August 29, 1967
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · August 5, 1968
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- KENNETH JOSEPH KREUTZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS LAMBERT LUBBERSFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- JERRY ROY MARCOStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
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.