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LAWRENCE DEAN GOSEN
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
February 4, 1938 – July 23, 1968
Service recordLawrence Dean Gosen, of Bingham Lake, Minnesota, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 23, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 23 USS TICONDEROGA CVA 14
- Born
- February 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Bingham Lake, Minnesota (Cottonwood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 51W, Line 39
- ALBERT GONZALEZPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- BILLY MONROE GROSSStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- ARTHUR HADDOCKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
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.