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JAMES ROBERT GAGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1947 – December 4, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Gage, of Bowie, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 39
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)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Bowie, Texas (Montague County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 39
- JERRY WAYNE GLAZEPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- WILLIAM JEFFREY HODGESSergeant · December 4, 1968
- JAMES CHARLES HOLTCorporal · December 4, 1968
- FRANK JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
From Bowie
- HAROLD DEAN PHILPOTTGunnery Sergeant · July 3, 1967
- JERRY LYNN WININGHAMPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1968
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.