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GAIL LYNN STRICKLAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1952 – August 12, 1971
Service recordGail Lynn Strickland, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 130
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1952
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 130
- ROBERT THOMAS NELSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1971
- JOHN MICHAEL RYDLEWICZFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1971
- JOHN CLYDE THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 12, 1971
- JAMES WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE HOLIANSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 129
- ERIC STEVEN KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 129
- LAWRENCE LEE KELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 129
- LARRY MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 129
- JOHN CLYDE THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 130
- JAMES WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 130
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 1967
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.