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GERALD CURTIS HOAGE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 16, 1950 – December 11, 1968
Service recordGerald Curtis Hoage, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 3
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 3
- JAKE EDWARD HURSTSergeant · December 11, 1968
- ROBERT EDGAR LACKEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS LANGLERSpecialist Five · December 11, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.