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WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordWilliam Joseph Gagnier, of Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Mankato, Minnesota (Blue Earth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 24
- STEVEN ROBERT FRESEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JESUS MARIA GARCIAGunnery Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- ROLAND ALLEN GORSCHBOTHPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- DAVID KEITH HUFFMANSergeant · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND ALLEN GORSCHBOTHPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 24
- VINICIO FREDEK SANTUCCISpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 29
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 29
- THOMAS DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 30
- HARRY L VANALST JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 32
- GARY ALAN WALDORFPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 32
From Mankato
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN DORINGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1968
- GERALD DUANE SACKCorporal · July 30, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL WIEHRPetty Officer Second Class · January 21, 1973
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.