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DONALD COLEMAN GAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1937 – October 19, 1970
Service recordDonald Coleman Gay, of Frankfort, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 25, 1937
- Home of record
- Frankfort, Kentucky (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 11
- GARY ROBERT CADYSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- ALEXANDER CAMPBELL JRSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- HAROLD CORNELL GAYSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- BYRON MARK HANNAHWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DICKEY CRAIGSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 9
- DAVID EUGENE WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 10
From Frankfort
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCNEESAirman First Class · February 23, 1966
- THOMAS ALEXANDER HARPPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD BRAWNERCorporal · January 4, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM MOORE JRSergeant · April 14, 1969
- DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.