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GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1948 – May 4, 1969
Service recordGordon Douglas Birdsell, of Indian Harbor Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 110
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Indian Harbor Beach, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 110
- RAYMOND HERBERT BRODIE JRCorporal · May 4, 1969
- RUSSELL WADE EADSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- JAMES POTITO FLAGELLAFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE LEMASTERWarrant Officer 1 · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL WADE EADSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 110
- ALAN EDWARD SINGERSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 2
- FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 3
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.