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GARY STILLMAN CURTIS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
October 28, 1945 – August 14, 1967
Service recordGary Stillman Curtis, of Bell Gardens, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 14, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 109
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Bell Gardens, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 109
- LEONARD EUGENE EASLEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 14, 1967
- EUGENE FIPPSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1967
- ALEXANDER JACKSONSergeant · August 14, 1967
- ERSKIN DAN LIVINGSTONStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1967
From Bell Gardens
- BOB JEWITTAirman Third Class · April 28, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY HAYESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ROBERT CARROLL SMITHCorporal · July 29, 1968
- THOMAS LAWRENCE GRAVESPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- REX EDWIN THORNLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
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.