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GARY ALLAEN MACHADO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1945 – July 6, 1966
Service recordGary Allaen Machado, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 2
- ROGER LAMAR LESLIELance Corporal · July 6, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- CHARLES ELZY MORGANMajor · July 6, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RUSSELL BODESergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 134
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 2
- RILEY JERMANYPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 3
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 3
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.