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ALVIN LEON GAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – April 1, 1969
Service recordAlvin Leon Gay, of Springville, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Springville, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 101
- DANFORTH ELLITHORPE WHITECommander · March 31, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WILSONSergeant · March 31, 1969
- LEROY IRVIN BLANKENSHIPMajor · April 1, 1969
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE DICKERHOFFSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 103
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 103
- JESSE DON MORRIS JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 104
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 105
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 105
- MICHAEL GEORGE TAYLORChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 28W, Line 105
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 106
From Springville
- RICHARD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- WILBERT WAYNE CUCHLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- RAYMON DRAPER HALESSergeant · July 19, 1969
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.