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WAYNE OLIVER GAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – March 23, 1967
Service recordWayne Oliver Gay, of Maryville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 29
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Maryville, Tennessee (Blount County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 29
- WILLIAM EDWARD HUMPHREYSergeant · May 28, 1966
- ALFRED FUNCKStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- HAROLD LELAND HALECaptain · March 23, 1967
- JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPSLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN MELBOURNE DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 28
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 30
- JOE A SAUCEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 31
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 32
From Maryville
- FRED CALVIN RUSSELLSergeant First Class · February 10, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- DONALD CLAY COULTERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE ROGERSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIAM CARL HOPPERPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- WAYNE CHARLES WILLIAMSCorporal · June 26, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- GORDON LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- THOMAS JACKSON GRINDSTAFFSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON BRYANTCaptain · May 22, 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.