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ROBERT HUGH GAGE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1945 – July 3, 1966
Service recordRobert Hugh Gage, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on July 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 124
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 STANTI TANK BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 3, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 124
- DANIEL LEE FIELDSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- EUREY LEE HATCHETTPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JOE EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant · July 3, 1966
- ERIC RIBITSCHPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.