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GASPER ORLANDO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordGasper Orlando, of Ozone Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 39
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 39
- JOHN RUNYON NEARY IIPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY OCONNORLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- GEORGE CHARLES OLSENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 39
From Ozone Park
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1967
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · November 28, 1968
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · June 27, 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.