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JACK BURT GORTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1946 – May 17, 1968
Service recordJack Burt Gorton, of Culver City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Culver City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 4
- SHERMAN ROBERT FIELDS JRCorporal · May 17, 1968
- CHESTER JOSEPH C FONTENOTHospitalman · May 17, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR GIBSON IVLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- LARRY JOE WESTLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
From Culver City
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- JOSEPH MILTON BUTLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1965
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE IISergeant · January 23, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.