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GARY PAUL GAY
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
November 21, 1941 – January 27, 1966
Service recordGary Paul Gay, of Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 27, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Conemaugh, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 99
- CAREY EDWIN BESTSergeant · January 27, 1966
- BONNIE PATALINGHUNG CASASStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS FIELDS IIIAirman Second Class · January 27, 1966
- JIMMY ROGER HARSANYIPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
From Conemaugh
- JOHN LARRY DAVISLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PERUSOPetty Officer Third Class · March 28, 1969
- LOUIS JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 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.