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WAYNE VICTOR GORDON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 22, 1946 – June 25, 1967
Service recordWayne Victor Gordon, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 61
- LUIS FELIPE CORREACorporal · June 25, 1967
- WILLIAM KIRBY GARDELLACorporal · June 25, 1967
- HUBERT ELTON GORDONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- RONALD HOWARD GROFFSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN JAMES CAGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 60
- JERRY T THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 64
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.