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GORDON WESLEY LOGAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 15, 1949 – November 12, 1969
Service recordGordon Wesley Logan JR, of Anacortes, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 65
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Anacortes, Washington (Skagit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 65
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- RONALD GENE LAUDERDALEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- JOSEPH ALAN LOFTONFirst Lieutenant · November 12, 1969
From Anacortes
- DARWIN HAROLD ENGMANWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- RUSSELL CRANSTON HIBLERSergeant · March 30, 1970
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.