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KARL RAY GANTZ
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 30, 1951 – March 1, 1971
Service recordKarl Ray Gantz, of Louisville, Ohio, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 1, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Louisville, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 14
- SHELDON LEE GULSETHPrivate First Class · March 1, 1971
- ALFRED LEMUEL KINCER IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1971
- MILTON HARDIN RAMSEYMajor · March 1, 1971
- THOMAS EDWARD ROSSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MILTON HARDIN RAMSEYMajor · Panel 4W, Line 14
- ALBERT TIJERINA JRCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 15
From Louisville
- ROLAND JOHN GRUNDERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- ROME EDWARD DIMMERLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
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.