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GORDON ELDON GULLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1947 – May 26, 1966
Service recordGordon Eldon Gullett, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 111
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 111
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- WILLIAM RAYMOND REILLYLance Corporal · May 26, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
From Brownsville
- ROBERTO ROCHA JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
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.