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WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1949 – February 11, 1969
Service recordWilliam David Gouger JR, of Trenton, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 12
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Trenton, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 12
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · February 11, 1969
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL LEE HARRISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 14
From Trenton
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
- PATRICK JAMES MCKINLEYLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HOLBROOKCorporal · February 7, 1968
- LOUIS WADE CUSSINSLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 1971
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.