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KENT ELLSWORTH GANDY
Major · U.S. Army
March 3, 1932 – August 13, 1966
Service recordKent Ellsworth Gandy, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 254 MED DET USARV
- Born
- March 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “254 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 132
- JOHN DONALD WYSZOMIRSKIStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- DAVID RONALD DEVERS SRCaptain · August 13, 1966
- GILBERT FERRANTECorporal · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COAKLEYLieutenant Commander · September 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARRY V PHILLIPS JRMajor · Panel 10E, Line 1
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 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.