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RICHARD JOHN GORGES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1949 – February 13, 1970
Service recordRichard John Gorges, of New London, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- New London, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 6
- JESUS JAMES MEZASpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- JAMES OSCAR OLZER JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES E SMELTZER IIISergeant · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES GORDON THORNECaptain · February 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE HAUGStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 5
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 6
From New London
- WINFIELD AUGUST SPOEHR JRCorporal · December 19, 1967
- LEON G GRESHAMERSecond Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD LLOYD DAVISConstructionman · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD MATYASPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH HARVEY KANAMANPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 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.