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GARRY WAYNE CATRON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1949 – October 31, 1968
Service recordGarry Wayne Catron, of Chester, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Chester, California (Plumas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 62
- JIMMY DALE BLALACKCorporal · October 31, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BOURNESpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL BOWMANSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE CASSELPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
From Chester
- RICHARD ELLIOT HUFFPrivate First Class · April 11, 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.