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KEVIN TERRENCE GORMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1945 – May 20, 1967
Service recordKevin Terrence Gorman, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 59
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 59
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GRAMMARFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
- JOHN ALLEN GRAVILLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD CHARLES HAGUEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.