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JOHN BEN GAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 28, 1941 – October 25, 1967
Service recordJohn Ben Gay, of Dearing, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 66
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Dearing, Georgia (Mcduffie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 66
- LAWRENCE LEE GARDNERAirman · October 25, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GISHCorporal · October 25, 1967
- GORDON J GRAHAMPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
- MORRIS GRAHAMPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DEAN CHARLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 65
- CHARLES RICHARD CHRISCOESpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 65
- GARY L GRISSOMSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 68
- CARL W OLIVERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 70
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.