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JESSE ARNEL GORDY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 19, 1946 – December 7, 1967
Service recordJesse Arnel Gordy, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 58
- DUDNEY NELSON ARLENTINOSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- TOM GONZALES JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HUNTER GOODSPEEDMajor · December 7, 1967
- THOMAS CARR JEFFER HUBARDWarrant Officer 1 · December 7, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 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.