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GARY ALAN TEETER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 6, 1947 – January 8, 1968
Service recordGary Alan Teeter, of Morenci, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Morenci, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 1
- PHILIP STANLEY STRAND JRCorporal · January 8, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD TIEMANSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH UGINOPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- FLORENCIO G VILLANUEVAStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
From Morenci
- RICHARD ALFRED JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- GARY LYNN KLINGLERSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
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.