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ROBERT JERRY GORDON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1949 – April 15, 1969
Service recordRobert Jerry Gordon, of Hayden Lake, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Hayden Lake, Idaho (Kootenai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 87
- JOHN GIRARD GLASSEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWIN HARRSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- HERBERT S HILDEBRANDSpecialist Five · April 15, 1969
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 15, 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.