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CURTIS GAITHER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 24, 1945 – May 2, 1970
Service recordCurtis Gaither, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 84
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 84
- WILLIAM WESLEY DAVISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 2, 1970
- EDDIE RAY EATMONSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
- STEVEN JOSEPH GREENLEEWarrant Officer 1 · May 2, 1970
- VASSAR WILLIAM HURT IIIFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL BECKERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- ANDREW JAMES TAYLORSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 88
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.