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THOMAS ROY GORRILL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1946 – April 2, 1969
Service recordThomas Roy Gorrill, of Hanover, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 107
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Hanover, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 107
- HURLEY MILLARD BOYDPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY BROWN JRSergeant · April 2, 1969
- LOWELL LAVAIN CRAWFORDPetty Officer Third Class · April 2, 1969
- PERCY LEE GULLEY JRPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 106
- VERNE ELDON LOCHNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 27W, Line 1
- RICHARD CRAIG JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 2
From Hanover
- WILLIAM H BLAKE JRPrivate · February 6, 1968
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.