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GARY LEE ERVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 15, 1948 – January 19, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Ervin, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 46
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 815 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 46
- ROBERT PAUL FITZHUGHSpecialist Four · January 19, 1970
- DALE RICHARD FORSYTHEPrivate First Class · January 19, 1970
- JUAN ALBERTO FRET-CAMACHOPrivate First Class · January 19, 1970
- AUBREY ALAN WIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1970
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.