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RENALD LUDGER GAGNE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 5, 1949 – February 2, 1969
Service recordRenald Ludger Gagne, of Wallingford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 38
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Wallingford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES TERRANCE FEENEYSergeant · February 2, 1969
- RAYMOND GENE FELDStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- JOHN DENNIS FREPPONStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICKY CURTIS BRADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 36
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 44
From Wallingford
- EDWARD ROBERT DORSEYPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- MARTIN WEIGNER ANDERSENMajor · August 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY WAYNE KELLERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- GENE EDWARD FECTEAUPrivate · July 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEO MIGLIERINASergeant · October 10, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOL DEANGELISPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENTON JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- RICHARD ARNO JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
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.