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GORDON MANSON GAYLORD
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 9, 1933 – April 6, 1970
Service recordGordon Manson Gaylord, of Woodstock, Illinois, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 6, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 100
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 9, 1933
- Home of record
- Woodstock, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 100
- ANDREW THOMAS BRASSFIELDStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1970
- LAWRENCE PAUL CHRISTMANCorporal · April 6, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES COTTERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
- ISMAEL SOTOLance Corporal · April 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THERON CARL FEHRENBACH IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 101
- JULIUS PATRICK JAEGERCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 101
From Woodstock
- SIDNEY JOHN ELYEASpecialist Four · February 2, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TOBY EDWARD JAECKELSSergeant · September 21, 1969
- DENNIS EARL JAHNSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
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.