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THOMAS FREDERICK GORTON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 6, 1929 – December 6, 1963
Service recordThomas Frederick Gorton, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 6, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AIR CMDO SQ
- Born
- December 6, 1929
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1963
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1963. In December 1963, 23 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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 36
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
From Toledo
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- COLINNA FEEMSTERSpecialist Four · September 1, 1966
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.