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JAMES BERNARD L GORDON JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1941 – February 17, 1970
Service recordJames Bernard L Gordon JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 23
- THOMAS HALL FREASIERSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
- BRUCE GREGORY GREENEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1970
- CRAIG WARD HAINESPetty Officer Third Class · February 17, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL HONANPrivate First Class · February 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES TERENCE BATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 21
- KARL EUGENE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 22
- JACK LEE DRYESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 22
- SAMUEL JAMES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 22
- THOMAS HALL FREASIERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 23
- RONALD LEE MEANSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 24
- GEORGE GROVER MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 24
- JOHN LOUIS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 24
- ARLEN DEL RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 25
- THEODORE ALFORD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 25
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.