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MICHAEL OWEN GATWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1944 – May 20, 1966
Service recordMichael Owen Gatwood, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1966; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 89
- WILFORD PAUL COLLERSergeant · May 20, 1966
- DAVID LYNN CROWSpecialist Four · May 20, 1966
- JACK ELROY GARDNERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- DANIEL KNARIANLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- COLINNA FEEMSTERSpecialist Four · September 1, 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.