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GUY LEE GORDON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1945 – December 28, 1966
Service recordGuy Lee Gordon, of Morton, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 91
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- December 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Morton, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 91
- DENNIS JOSEPH HAMETPrivate · December 28, 1966
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS DUANE HOUGCorporal · December 28, 1966
From Morton
- RODERICK BARNUM LESTERLieutenant Commander · August 20, 1972
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.