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GORDON WARREN RUSSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1948 – February 1, 1967
Service recordGordon Warren Russell, of Danvers, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Danvers, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 106
- LEONARD ROBINSON JRSergeant · February 1, 1967
- CARL ERIC RUSSELLLance Corporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM D SCHADDELEESergeant · February 1, 1967
- JOHN HENRY WELCH IIISecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1967
From Danvers
- PETER ALBERTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY FERAFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 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.