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GORDON KAYE GATHMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1944 – September 20, 1970
Service recordGordon Kaye Gathman, of Bellevue, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Nebraska (Sarpy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 77
- ALBERT MAURICE FINNFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
- JOSEPH JAMES GAGNESergeant · September 20, 1970
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GALLINASpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- DALE ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOE PENA JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 79
From Bellevue
- WILLIAM MARSHALL ROARKLieutenant · April 7, 1965
- EDWARD LEROY NIEBURPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHN PAUL JOHNSONSergeant · September 20, 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.