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LORENZA GAYLES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1946 – September 3, 1966
Service recordLorenza Gayles, of Middlesboro, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Middlesboro, Kentucky (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 64
- THOMAS D GRINNELL IIILance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- CALVIN DOUGLAS HALFORDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- MAX GILBERT HARRISStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MASTERSONSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
From Middlesboro
- THOMAS GLEN RICHMONDCorporal · September 10, 1966
- JIMMIE HENRY ROWLETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ALONZO ALLEN TEAGUEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN MINERChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 23, 1971
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.