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GARY ALLEN CHESHIRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1950 – January 30, 1970
Service recordGary Allen Cheshire, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 81
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1950
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 81
- KENNETH ALAN STEWARTLance Corporal · January 17, 1970
- JOHN ALEXANDER SMITHLance Corporal · January 29, 1970
- CALVIN LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- BOBBY EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- LUIS ANGEL LEBRONCorporal · January 30, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.