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JAMES ALFRED GAISER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1946 – November 7, 1969
Service recordJames Alfred Gaiser, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 42
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 42
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DARTSpecialist Four · November 7, 1969
- ANTHONY MARIAN FIRAKSergeant · November 7, 1969
- DAVID CURTIS GREESONWarrant Officer 1 · November 7, 1969
- HARRY EDWARD UNDERWOODCorporal · November 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN MCMILLINCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 43
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 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.