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HAROLD DOUGLAS GORE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1948 – May 31, 1968
Service recordHarold Douglas Gore, of Houston, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Mississippi (Chickasaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 9
- CHARLES HUE GATEWOODSergeant · May 31, 1968
- WILLIAM GARY GIFFORDLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY GOODSONSergeant · May 31, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK GRAYLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
From Houston
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- ALLEN AVERY GRIFFINSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL WALLFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 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.