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GORDON LEE PAGE
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 15, 1932 – March 7, 1966
Service recordGordon Lee Page, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 7, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1325D)
- Born
- August 15, 1932
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 7, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 128
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- BARRY ANDRE HANSENPrivate First Class · March 7, 1966
- EDWARD L HODGEStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1966
- HAROLD VICTOR SMITHColonel · March 7, 1966
From Palo Alto
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH SCALISESergeant First Class · December 21, 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.