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FREDDY RAY GORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1947 – July 13, 1967
Service recordFreddy Ray Gore, of Chesterton, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 67
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Chesterton, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 67
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- LARRY FREEMAN FAULKNERPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
- ARNOLD MATHISLance Corporal · July 13, 1967
- EDWARD MCGRUDERPrivate First Class · July 13, 1967
From Chesterton
- WILLIAM LEEAirman · July 29, 1967
- LOREN ELWOOD LONGSpecialist Five · August 23, 1968
- WILSON FITZGERALD HALLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- TERRANCE DEAN J FRANCISSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH TRAMPSKIStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- LARRY ALLAN RIPPESpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- MARK RANDALL TAYLORSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
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.