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JOHN THOMAS GAGE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1943 – December 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas Gage, of Mccook, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 63
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Mccook, Nebraska (Red Willow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 63
- ROBERT FRANCIS FAVORPetty Officer First Class · December 16, 1969
- NICK ALLISON FINLEYLance Corporal · December 16, 1969
- KENNETH ALLISON FORD JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1969
- FRANCIS MICHAEL GIRARDOTCaptain · December 16, 1969
From Mccook
- MICHAEL STEELE CONFERLieutenant (junior grade) · October 10, 1966
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE KLINGNERCaptain · April 6, 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.