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HERBERT LYMAN GAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1949 – May 17, 1969
Service recordHerbert Lyman Gay, of Burneyville, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Burneyville, Oklahoma (Love County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 30
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1969
- LARRY GRACEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- BERNARD HAMLET JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- LLOYD E HANDSHUMAKER JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS LEE CHRISTIANSENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 28
- DOUGLAS EDWARD LOHMEYERCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 33
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.