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JOHN RUFUS GASTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 22, 1948 – November 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Rufus Gaston JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 5
- VESTIE TIMOTHY DRIGGERSSpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FOSTER IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1968
- JOHNIE REESE GODWIN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1968
- JESUS EPHRAIM GOMEZ JRCorporal · November 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH TARANTOSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 8
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.