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GORDON ALAN DADISMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – August 7, 1970
Service recordGordon Alan Dadisman, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 90
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 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 90
- ERIC PETER BUSCHSpecialist Six · August 7, 1970
- JOHN NELSON CRAWFORD JRSpecialist Six · August 7, 1970
- JOHN HARPER EVANS JRAirman · August 7, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS GILLIESFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WELCH SHEAFirst Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 92
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.