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MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1942 – October 6, 1967
Service recordMichael Stephen Gozdan, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 60
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- November 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 60
- CHARLES EDWARD LEWISSergeant · October 6, 1967
- DON WILLIAM LINTHICUMPrivate First Class · October 6, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM TERRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.