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JAMES PAUL GAULEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 22, 1939 – January 10, 1967
Service recordJames Paul Gauley, of Ringwood, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 10, 1967, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 5
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 34 TFS
- Born
- March 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Ringwood, Oklahoma (Major County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14E, Line 5
- ROGER EDWARD COOPERLance Corporal · January 10, 1967
- LEWIS DANIEL GROTHESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- HARVEY C HARRISPrivate · January 10, 1967
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
From Ringwood
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
- GARY DOYLE CHRISSSergeant · May 11, 1971
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.