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JOSEPH DENNIS GAGNON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 13, 1943 – August 22, 1970
Service recordJoseph Dennis Gagnon, of Ft Kent, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 22, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 130
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Kent, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 130
- ROBERT LEON DUNAWAY JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
- ROBERT MICHAEL DURALLCorporal · August 22, 1970
- GARY LEE FRAZIERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
- LAWRENCE GEIGERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
From Ft Kent
- KENNETH JAMES BOSSIETechnical Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- BENTON MICHAUDCorporal · January 10, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS CORRIVEAUCorporal · July 11, 1969
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.