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EDWARD RAY GAYTAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1932 – September 10, 1967
Service recordEdward Ray Gaytan, of San Marcos, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 43
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- July 11, 1932
- Home of record
- San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 43
- ALBERT MICHAEL BUTSKOHospitalman · September 10, 1967
- ALEXANDER CHISHOLMSergeant · September 10, 1967
- KARL HENRY COUKPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- WOODROW CHARLES CRONKRITEPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
From San Marcos
- GERALD RAY ROBERTSLieutenant Commander · December 2, 1965
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 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.