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MICHAEL DALE GENTRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 15, 1946 – October 6, 1970
Service recordMichael Dale Gentry, of Roxboro, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 115
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Roxboro, North Carolina (Person County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 115
- RICHARD JOE WATTSLance Corporal · October 5, 1970
- CHARLEY ANDREW WILBORNLance Corporal · October 5, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL KELSOSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- JOHN BERNARD MARTIN IILieutenant · October 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL KELSOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 115
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 116
From Roxboro
- SYLVESTER WILSONSpecialist Four · March 14, 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.