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GENE FRANCIS COLVIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – July 1, 1967
Service recordGene Francis Colvin, of Ft Edward, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 91
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Edward, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 91
- PETER AVILESPrivate · July 1, 1967
- HARLAN TILPHER BILDENCorporal · July 1, 1967
- STEVE CLYDE CUNEOPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- MICHAEL WAKEFIELD DOWNEYSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1967
From Ft Edward
- DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- OWEN DAVID GOODSELLSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM COLLIERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCCARTYFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1967
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DANGELICOSpecialist Four · January 2, 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.