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LON PAUL GREGORASH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1950 – June 18, 1971
Service recordLon Paul Gregorash, of Port Washington, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Port Washington, Wisconsin (Ozaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 81
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 18, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT PAINTER JRLieutenant · June 18, 1971
- WILLIAM ELBERT REEDSergeant · June 18, 1971
- ROGER EARL WITTEMajor · June 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 81
From Port Washington
- JAMES THOMAS KEARNSLieutenant Commander · September 14, 1965
- MARCO FRANCISCO MUELLERLance Corporal · May 15, 1968
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · May 31, 1969
- PAUL LAROY BINDERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
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.