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JAMES ALEX GAZDAGH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1947 – July 8, 1967
Service recordJames Alex Gazdagh, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 36
- THOMAS GREGORY JRPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- ANTHONY KENT JOHNSONCaptain · July 8, 1967
- RONALD EUGENE JOHNSONCorporal · July 8, 1967
- SZOLTON SIGMOND KLEINPrivate First Class · July 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GREGORY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 36
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 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.