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THOMAS LAWRENCE GATES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1949 – April 9, 1970
Service recordThomas Lawrence Gates, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 112
- HERMAN ALLEN CLAY JRCorporal · April 9, 1970
- JAMES COONEYStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1970
- DAVID ROY EASLEYLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- DAVID PAUL EVANSSergeant · April 9, 1970
- PHILIP ANTHONY HARRISSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.