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KURTIS LANE GAYNOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1949 – June 15, 1970
Service recordKurtis Lane Gaynor, of Kalama, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Kalama, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 55
- DALE EDWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1970
- JAMES LEONARD WOODSergeant · June 14, 1970
- MICHAEL LEE WRIGHTSergeant · June 14, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAY CURRYPrivate First Class · June 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 56
From Kalama
- STEVAN ROY SARGENTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- RICHARD WILBUR ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 22, 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.