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MORRIS DOMINIQUE GAGNON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1936 – June 21, 1967
Service recordMorris Dominique Gagnon, of North Leeds, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 24, 1936
- Home of record
- North Leeds, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 30
- WILLIAM ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- CARLTON EDGAR GOULDSergeant · June 21, 1967
- CARMEL BERNON HARVEY JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- STEPHEN CRAIG HASSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 28
- DEAN DENNIS CRANESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 29
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 29
- CARMEL BERNON HARVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 30
- GERALD DAVID BOYDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22E, Line 31
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 31
- WELLINGTON M JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- GARY LYLE KENAGAPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- EDGAR LEE MCWETHY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 32
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 32
- HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 34
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 34
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 35
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 113
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.