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GORDON EARL DEGARMO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1948 – November 27, 1968
Service recordGordon Earl Degarmo, of Mount Holly, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 72
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Mount Holly, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 72
- DAVID DEWITT CREELSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES CUNNINGHAMSergeant · November 27, 1968
- JERRY MARTIN DAUBERCorporal · November 27, 1968
- FREDRICK HARRY FRAZERSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MARTIN DAUBERCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 72
- RICHARD LEE HAMMETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 74
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 78
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 78
- THEODORE ALFRED SWEATTSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 79
- JOHN BURDETTE ULFERSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 80
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.