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PERCY CHARLES GAGNON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1945 – March 23, 1970
Service recordPercy Charles Gagnon, of Caribou, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Caribou, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 35
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · March 23, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN MORRISPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
- GORDON LEE ZIMMERLESergeant · March 23, 1970
From Caribou
- ROGER EDWARD GAUVINCaptain · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD PERLEY BUBARPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- JOHN EDGAR GAGNONMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- DANA LEROY MACESpecialist Five · July 7, 1969
- SCOTT JAMES RODERICKLance Corporal · January 21, 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.