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GORDON BERT SEARS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 10, 1950 – November 5, 1970
Service recordGordon Bert Sears, of Los Molinos, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 41
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Molinos, California (Tehama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 41
- WALTER JAMES ROBERTSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1970
- PATRICK DEAN ROSENCorporal · November 5, 1970
- LYNNE HARLAN RUTTERGunnery Sergeant · November 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS RANDLE TUNNYSpecialist Four · November 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NICHOLAS RANDLE TUNNYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 41
From Los Molinos
- WILLIAM CARL COSTAPrivate First Class · June 7, 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.