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HAROLD CORNELL GAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1951 – October 20, 1970
Service recordHarold Cornell Gay, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 11
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- GARY ROBERT CADYSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- ALEXANDER CAMPBELL JRSpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- BYRON MARK HANNAHWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 12
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 12
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 13
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 13
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 14
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 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.