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GERALD BRIAN DORR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1948 – April 15, 1967
Service recordGerald Brian Dorr, of Middleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Middleboro, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 28
- JAMES ROY BIHLMEYERPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DAVID AARON CARRICOSergeant · April 15, 1967
- ANTONIO FLORES JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
From Middleboro
- HUBERT BRADFORD LOHEEDCaptain · February 1, 1966
- WAYNE MAURICE CARONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1968
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN MORRISONLance Corporal · November 1, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE BELLERIVECorporal · January 19, 1969
- WILLIAM MARK SMITHSergeant · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS TOWNES JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1972
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.