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HENRY JOE GORDON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 17, 1948 – January 12, 1968
Service recordHenry Joe Gordon, of Chatham, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 36
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Chatham, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 36
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- WESLEY LEE GOOCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- CARL ALLEN HARRISFirst Lieutenant · January 12, 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.