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OTIS GORDON JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 12, 1928 – November 19, 1964
Service recordOtis Gordon JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 19, 1964, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 12, 1928
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1964
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1964; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 72
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- EUGENE MICHAEL PALISKISStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1964
- WILLIAM REYNOLDS MARTINCaptain · November 18, 1964
- EDWIN RAYMOND EASONCaptain · November 19, 1964
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- LLOYD JOEL MONSEWICZSergeant · November 17, 1965
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.