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JEFFREY LEE GAYNE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1949 – June 14, 1970
Service recordJeffrey Lee Gayne, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 53
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 53
- CECIL ROGER CLAYTONSpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
- JOHN WARREN EMMONS JRLance Corporal · June 14, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES LELEAUXSpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
- MAURILIO MENDEZCorporal · June 14, 1970
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.