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GARY ANTHONY BRECK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1949 – May 29, 1968
Service recordGary Anthony Breck, of Santa Barbara, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Santa Barbara, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 3
- ANANIAS BOYDSergeant · May 29, 1968
- ERNEST BOYD JRLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSergeant · May 29, 1968
- LAURENCE CURTIS CAPLANSergeant · May 29, 1968
From Santa Barbara
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
- DENNIS PHILIP COOKLieutenant · April 6, 1966
- MICHAEL NOBLE CORYELLWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE SHALHOOBLance Corporal · December 23, 1966
- BRUCE EDWARD HOLDERMANHospitalman · December 28, 1966
- DONALD CARYL GRANEYMajor · February 24, 1967
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- STEPHEN BROWNING NEALPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JERRY HAROLD GEORGESCorporal · March 23, 1967
- JOHN CAREY JRCorporal · July 28, 1967
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.