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LONNIE JAMES GAY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1943 – May 25, 1968
Service recordLonnie James Gay, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 2
- DALE EUGENE GRANTCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH HANLEYPetty Officer Third Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS HARRISPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.