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KERRY RAY GOSSMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1952 – October 15, 1970
Service recordKerry Ray Gossman, of Whalan, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 13, 1952
- Home of record
- Whalan, Minnesota (Fillmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 2
- WILLIE JAMES FLEMINGSpecialist Four · October 15, 1970
- JOE RAYMOND ROBERTS JRSergeant · October 15, 1970
- JONATHAN CAMERON SHINEFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1970
- ALLEN JAY SMITHCorporal · October 15, 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.