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GARY ALAN BANGLOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1946 – January 31, 1968
Service recordGary Alan Banglos, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 85
- RUSSELL MONROE AMOSSSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GLENN EUGENE ANKRUMCommander · January 31, 1968
- CAREY C ANTHONYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR BALLINGERCorporal · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 13
- JAMES FRANK PORTERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 31
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.