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JOHN EDGAR GAGNON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1931 – February 1, 1968
Service recordJohn Edgar Gagnon, of Caribou, Maine, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Caribou, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 48
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- RAYMOND LESTER CONWAYWarrant Officer 1 · February 1, 1968
- CHARLES HERMAN COOKPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ISAIAH LAWS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 54
From Caribou
- ROGER EDWARD GAUVINCaptain · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD PERLEY BUBARPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- DANA LEROY MACESpecialist Five · July 7, 1969
- SCOTT JAMES RODERICKLance Corporal · January 21, 1970
- PERCY CHARLES GAGNONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
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.