Jack Martin Gosnell

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11 Aug 2004 Killed during the helicopter insertion into LZ Gold. His courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten by the men of Bravo Company.

A Note from The Virtual Wall THE ACTION AT FSB GOLD On 21 March 1967, at Soui Tre in Tay Ninh Province, 400 men of the 3/22nd and the 2/77th Arty stood off an attack by a reinforced regiment of North Vietnamese regulars until relieved by elements of the 2/22nd and the 2/34th Armor. The North Vietnamese lost the battle. The men of 3/22, 2/77, 2/22, and 2/34 lost friends and comrades. Presidential Unit Citation 3/22nd Two days earlier, on 19 March, Bravo 3/22 lost nine men: SGT Thomas J. Dando, Clifton, NJ SGT Fred H. Patterson, Appomattox, VA SP4 Marlin C. Eversgerd, Germantown, IL SP4 Jack M. Gosnell, Baltimore, MD SP4 Paul J. McGowan, Chicago, IL SP4 Donald L. Schroeder, Springfield, IL SP4 Donald W. Walters, South Gate, CA SP4 Rodney R. Weed, Yakima, WA PFC Robert L. Linn, Niles, MI

The point-of-contact for this memorial is a friend, John A. Otte bravo6xray@aol.com  11 Aug 2004

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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