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CURTIS TAYLOR GAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – January 30, 1968
Service recordCurtis Taylor Gay, of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Mckeesport, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 70
- ROBERT WAYNE FORKLSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- NORBERT LOUIS FROEHLICHCorporal · January 30, 1968
- PAUL EDGAR GERLACHPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALBERT BADGERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 65
- JOHN STEVEN AMBROSINISpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 66
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HURSTMaster Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 72
- MELVIN LEE MARTZPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 76
- GEORGE WAYNE MCREYNOLDSSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 77
- STEVEN ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 81
- RALPH ERIC WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 84
From Mckeesport
- NORMAN WALLACE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
- TYRONE GREGORY BURSEPrivate First Class · August 5, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- GREGORY FRANCIS POPOWITZLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SWEENEYLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
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.