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MARC CHARLES GORHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1950 – December 30, 1968
Service recordMarc Charles Gorham, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 9
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 9
- JERRY DON GIBBSPrivate First Class · December 30, 1968
- JAMES RAY JERSONFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
- LELAND S MCCANTS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
- ANTANAS ARVIDA PRIZGINTASSecond Lieutenant · December 30, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.