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GORDON LEE WIRTH JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – January 9, 1971
Service recordGordon Lee Wirth JR, of Boring, Oregon, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 36
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Boring, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 36
- CRAIG ALAN SYSAKCorporal · January 9, 1971
- WILLARD EVERETT WOODYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1971
- BARRY HOWARD BERGERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1971
- CECIL EUCLED CALLANDERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM LILLEYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 35
- CRAIG ALAN SYSAKCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 36
- WILLARD EVERETT WOODYSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 36
From Boring
- GEORGE NATHANIEL WRIGHTPrivate · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALFRED WRIGHTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- VIRGIL ALLEN CALKINS JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 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.