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GREGORY PAUL CURTIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – December 14, 1967
Service recordGregory Paul Curtis, of Longview, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 90
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Longview, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 90
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- JUAN R BURGOSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- WILLIAM K CLAWSONWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD SLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 94
From Longview
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 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.