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JAMES MILAN GAHAGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordJames Milan Gahagan, of Cleveland, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 24
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 24
- DONALD ALAN GUERTINSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- LEE RUSSELL HARRISSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM HIPPOSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 26
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.