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EZRA GAVIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 21, 1947 – March 4, 1968
Service recordEzra Gavin, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long 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 42E, Line 64
- DARRYL ALAN GALLAUGHERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- DAVID PETER GOLDSMITHPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- GARY DODDS HALLSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID KENNETH BRUNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 61
- MICHAEL DAVID GEISEPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 65
- WILLIE HAYWARD HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 66
- ISRAEL LONZO INGRAMSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 66
- DARREL GENE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 68
- FRANK ALLEN OSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 69
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 72
- TIMOTHY RICHARD SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 72
- EDWARD AUGUST SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 72
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.