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GORDON GENE KROPP
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1947 – August 5, 1967
Service recordGordon Gene Kropp, of Lapeer, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 81
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Lapeer, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 81
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- KENNETH DANIEL HAASLance Corporal · August 5, 1967
- HARRY BERNARD MCFADDENPlatoon Sergeant · August 5, 1967
- PHILIP GORDON ONKALOPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
From Lapeer
- THOMAS EDWARD HENDERSHOTTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- TERRY RUSSELL MCCOMBSpecialist Four · June 5, 1967
- DENNIS ALAN GETTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN BLISSETTCorporal · November 30, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BAUCOMCorporal · February 28, 1968
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN BEALSSergeant · July 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES BECKMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 19, 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.