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GREGORY RAY GINGERICH
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 22, 1947 – May 25, 1967
Service recordGregory Ray Gingerich, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 103
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 103
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY HAWORTHSergeant · May 25, 1967
- MARVIN CHARLES HILLPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL MCMULLANPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1968
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.