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JAMES FLORIAN GASE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1949 – August 12, 1969
Service recordJames Florian Gase, of New Riegel, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- New Riegel, Ohio (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 13
- THOMAS WILLIAM CARRINGTONSergeant · August 12, 1969
- CHARLES JOSEPH GARITY JRLance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE DAY GREEFFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
From New Riegel
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM THEISStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
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.