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JIMMIE LEE GORDON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1944 – March 5, 1969
Service recordJimmie Lee Gordon, of Tallulah, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Tallulah, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 44
- WAYNE GARY BERNOSKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- ANTONIO GARCIASpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- HAROLD SAMUEL GLADNEYPrivate · March 5, 1969
- ALLAN RONALD GYORECaptain · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN T SCOTT IISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 49
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.