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GARRY LEE WORLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 23, 1951 – April 23, 1970
Service recordGarry Lee Worley, of Bristol, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Bristol, Tennessee (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 43
- DOUGLAS WOODFIN MURPHEY JRCaptain · December 19, 1969
- ERIC LAWRENCE TULLERSeaman · April 23, 1970
- ALLEN THOMAS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
- JAMES RUSSELL CASESpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
- TIMOTHY GEORGE FRANKCorporal · April 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL STEVEN CORREAStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 40
- BENJAMIN ARNOLD NICKS IIISergeant · Panel 11W, Line 42
From Bristol
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1966
- CHESTER STACY HUGHESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE MCREYNOLDSSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.