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GORDON JAMES DEITZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1945 – July 4, 1965
Service recordGordon James Deitz JR, of Pasadena, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- December 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 26
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- BERNARD EMERSON TURNERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- PAUL RALPH WINDLECaptain · June 30, 1965
- TERANCE KAY JENSENStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1965
From Pasadena
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- DEAN JOHN CRAIGPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- DONALD ERNEST JONESPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMANCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 9, 1968
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- BOBBY DALE ROGERSLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- HARRY NELSON STONESIFERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HARPLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 1970
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.