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LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1940 – September 30, 1966
Service recordLouis Phillip Gagne JR, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 30
- LANHAM ODELL BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE COTNEYSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- IRVIN JAMES HOPKINSPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- IRVIN JAMES HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 30
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 31
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH RAGOCorporal · March 9, 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.