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GORDON LEROY CURRIER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 24, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGordon Leroy Currier JR, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 212 MP CO USARV
- Born
- January 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 34 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 4
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DENNIS THOMAS CUNNANEPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- WYATT CECIL GORDONSergeant · January 31, 1968
- GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAYSergeant · January 31, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.