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JAMES EDWARD GORDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – January 2, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Gordon, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 108
- ROBERT DAUPHINE JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- GARLAND G FUGATESpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- WALTER L GOSHORNPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE D JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 109
- JOHN LEONARD KINTONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 110
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.