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JOHN HENRY GREGORY JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1928 – September 26, 1971
Service recordJohn Henry Gregory JR, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster Supply Specialist (76E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 28, 1928
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1971
- Age
- 42
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1971. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 26
- STEVEN WAYNE NEVILLESpecialist Four · September 25, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
- WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JRSergeant · September 26, 1971
- ROGER LEE SVIRSergeant · September 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE SVIRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 26
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
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.