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GORDON ALAN MACMILLAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 16, 1950 – June 21, 1969
Service recordGordon Alan Macmillan, of East Meadow, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 106
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1950
- Home of record
- East Meadow, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 106
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- RICHARD LEE KERKHOFFSpecialist Five · June 21, 1969
- ANDREW FRANK KOKESHCorporal · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MALONECorporal · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 102
From East Meadow
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1967
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- HAROLD EVERETT FETNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- EDWARD ARNOLD VERCOUTERENCorporal · June 7, 1967
- PAUL ANDREW AVOLESEMajor · July 7, 1967
- JOEL STEPHEN WILLIAMSONSergeant · November 19, 1967
- EUGENE RICHARD SKOCHPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH TANZOLA JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- RICHARD FRANK CRUDOLance Corporal · July 2, 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.