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ERNEST GREGORY WINSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordErnest Gregory Winston, of Miami, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 15
- WILLIAM SIMMONSPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE SMITHLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HOWARD BIAPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 25
- SAMUEL BOYD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 25
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.