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JOHN SWAIN GORDON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – November 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Swain Gordon, of North Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 100
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- North Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 100
- JIMMY LEE FISHERCorporal · November 15, 1967
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- DAVID IRA HARNERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- HENRY B HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LORINZER PAUL CLARK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 99
- BRYANT D FANNINSergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 99
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 100
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 101
- OTIS THOMAS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 102
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.