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GENE DOUGLAS KILLGORE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1947 – February 10, 1968
Service recordGene Douglas Killgore, of Blythe, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 69
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Blythe, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 38E, Line 69
- MICHAEL PATRICK ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- FRANCIS KAIRAITISSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- WALTER B MAKSYMIWSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
From Blythe
- EDWIN RAYMOND EASONCaptain · November 19, 1964
- FRANK MEADOWS PIPKINSergeant · February 4, 1967
- ARTHUR TERRY GALLAGHERCorporal · December 12, 1969
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.