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JOSEPH JESS GAVIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1948 – April 24, 1969
Service recordJoseph Jess Gavia, of Oxnard, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 39
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 39
- BILLY CHARLES DAVISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- FRANK WARREN FLONNOY JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- CARL JOHN GREEN JRSpecialist Four · April 24, 1969
- GREGORY MICHAEL HARRIGANFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1969
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 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.