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GARY ALLEN CURTIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 2, 1946 – February 16, 1967
Service recordGary Allen Curtis, of Johnson City, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 42
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Johnson City, Tennessee (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 42
- CHESTER WADE EDENSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- LARRY STEVEN FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MANUEL SOLARES FLORESPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY BOGGIE GOLDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 44
- JEFFREY G KAZIKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 45
- TROY LEE KNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 46
- JAMES HOWARD MONROEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 48
- NORMAN JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 48
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 49
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 49
- TOMMY J TERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 52
From Johnson City
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- EUGENE DELANO FRANKLINCaptain · June 24, 1965
- DANNY MAX ERWINSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- HAROLD WENDELL WILSONLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · June 27, 1966
- HOMER LEFTERAGE PEASEMajor · November 19, 1966
- HARRY RAY STEWARTFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1967
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- DORSEY BURWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS JRSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
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.