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EDDIE GILBERT GAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordEddie Gilbert Gay, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 48
- DANIEL PATRICK GALLAGHERLance Corporal · January 21, 1969
- GARY BERNARD GEHRKESpecialist Six · January 21, 1969
- ALTON GEORGE GIBSONSergeant · January 21, 1969
- MARVIN ARTHUR GIESStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1969
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 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.