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OSCAR GENTRY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1948 – June 12, 1968
Service recordOscar Gentry JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 31
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 31
- BILLY JOE WYATTLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- GLENN JOHN ZAMORSKIFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1968
- ALTO ANDERSON JRStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE GOODMANPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.