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JOHN DUFF GAYMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1945 – December 10, 1966
Service recordJohn Duff Gayman, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 8, 1945
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 27
- CHARLES JOSEPH ESBENSENPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- JOHN NORBERT GRACHTRUPPetty Officer Third Class · December 10, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- CLIFFORD RICHARD SINGLETONCorporal · December 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BATORLance Corporal · Panel 13E, Line 26
- JOHN NORBERT GRACHTRUPPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13E, Line 27
From East Point
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- JAMES DEAN HOAGCaptain · June 19, 1969
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.