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STANFORD MORRIS GOUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – April 8, 1968
Service recordStanford Morris Gough, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 52
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- HERBERT TERRELL CROSSSecond Lieutenant · April 8, 1968
- CHARLES MATHEW DUTTONSpecialist Five · April 8, 1968
- ALLEN EBERLY GROSHONGHospitalman · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM OSCAR WAGNERSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 55
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.