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ROBERT OMER GAGNE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1942 – July 28, 1967
Service recordRobert Omer Gagne, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicopee, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 12
- JOHN R EVANSSergeant · July 28, 1967
- MANUEL MENDEZ GARCIA JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1967
- GERALD BRICE KEENESecond Lieutenant · July 28, 1967
- KERMIT HAROLD LABELLE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1967
From Chicopee
- ROBERT RICHARD TOLPACorporal · August 24, 1968
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT RAOUL DOWDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.