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ROGERS STUART GORDON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 29, 1945 – June 24, 1969
Service recordRogers Stuart Gordon, of Middleville, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Middleville, Michigan (Barry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 7
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- JOHN VICTOR GILKERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- LAWRENCE K HINSCHBERGERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
From Middleville
- KEITH ALLEN DEVRIESSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.