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LOUIS ELLIE GAU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 2, 1945 – August 20, 1968
Service recordLouis Ellie Gau, of Los Altos Hills, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Altos Hills, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 8
- SAMUEL ARTHUR FEWFirst Lieutenant · August 20, 1968
- JAMES WALTER GATESSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- ISREAL GIBBSPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RAY GOINSPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARTIN BOTTSSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 6
- MICHAEL RAY GOINSPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 8
- ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 12
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.