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MICHAEL ARTHUR GAGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 15, 1949 – August 13, 1970
Service recordMichael Arthur Gage, of Gerber, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 107
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Gerber, California (Tehama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 107
- HENRY THOMAS COXCaptain · August 13, 1970
- TROIT DONOVAN FREELANDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- NICKALAS PEREZ GURNIASSpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
- JAMES CLARENCE JUNGESergeant · August 13, 1970
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.