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HERSHEL LEE WALTO GOSSETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1945 – September 22, 1968
Service recordHershel Lee Walto Gossett, of Athens, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Athens, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 62
- STEVEN CARL GASSENFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- FRANK CAVOSOS GONZALESSergeant · September 22, 1968
- ADOLPH BRINKMAN HAMM JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · September 22, 1968
From Athens
- CHARLES THOMAS OWENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- JAMES LEE DANIELWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1967
- RONNIE FRANKLIN BRANAMSergeant · April 10, 1968
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- MILARD LUTHER E BLEDSOEStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- FREDDIE MICHAEL SHERLINSpecialist Five · August 8, 1969
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.