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JAMES NATHANIEL GAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – July 21, 1969
Service recordJames Nathaniel Gay, of North Augusta, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 32
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- North Augusta, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 32
- ANSELMO SANTIAGO-ARROYOPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SROKA JRCorporal · July 21, 1969
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1969
- DUNCAN ALBERT WARWICKCorporal · July 21, 1969
From North Augusta
- MICHAEL HAMILTON TUTENPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- JACOB MCKIESpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- JOSEP L RUZICKA JRCaptain · July 30, 1972
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.