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FRANCIS LEROY GAULOCHER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1945 – March 24, 1968
Service recordFrancis Leroy Gaulocher, of Iowa City, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 5
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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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Iowa City, Iowa (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 5
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BREEDENSergeant First Class · March 24, 1968
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- BERNARD LAVERNE GAINESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- DONALD LEE GEARHARTStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAL E BARTONSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 3
- GERALD GREGORY CHINOSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 3
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 4
- DARRYL BLAKE FULLUMSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 5
- JACK WAYNE HALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 6
- STEPHEN LLOYD HALSTEADPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 6
- CARL RAYMOND RASORIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 11
- JOHN BATTISTE REALE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 11
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 11
- TERRANCE EDWARD SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 12
- DANNY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 12
- JEFFERY HAROLD VANVLEETSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE WEILLSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 13
From Iowa City
- ELWIN ROY SHAINMajor · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- VIRGIL MARTIN BIXBYCorporal · July 22, 1970
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- DARRELL L HAMLINSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.