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JOHN PATRICK GANNON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1947 – June 27, 1967
Service recordJohn Patrick Gannon, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 70
- LEWIS BERNARD GAISERFirst Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- ALEJANDRO RAY GODINEZLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DONALD PAUL HAMILTONStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1967
- ALLAN ROY HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
From Plymouth
- LOREN LESLIE ERTELSpecialist Four · October 10, 1967
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.