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GARY ALLEN DIEU
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1944 – January 28, 1967
Service recordGary Allen Dieu, of Centralia, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Centralia, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 90
- SAMUEL RICHARD BIRDMajor · January 27, 1967
- MICHAEL ERVAN BRADYSpecialist Four · January 28, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY BROADPetty Officer Third Class · January 28, 1967
- GERALD ANDREW DORRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- JACKYA KEDERIS GRANTCorporal · January 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14E, Line 91
- PETER JOSEPH KELLER JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 91
- CHARLES M TITUSCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 93
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 93
- DONALD FRANCIS YATESCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 94
From Centralia
- ROBERT MOFFETT DOWLINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- KENNETH HANS RUDCaptain · February 6, 1967
- DAVID STANLEY PRICESergeant · March 11, 1968
- GERALD DAVID AITONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ELMER ODELL WRAYMaster Sergeant · November 13, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WEGNERSergeant · December 10, 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.