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GARY ARNALDO GUASP
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1946 – May 5, 1968
Service recordGary Arnaldo Guasp, of Brentwood, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Brentwood, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 14
- HERMAN GLENDALE GOODALLStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD AL GREENPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- MATTHEW ERNEST GREERCorporal · May 5, 1968
- CARLYLE GUENTHERStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RENE GEORGES BAUMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 1
- THOMAS GEORGE BROCKERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 3
- JAMES NATHAN CARROLL IIICorporal · Panel 55E, Line 5
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 25
- ERNEST PAYNESpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 26
- AFTON M WATTSCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Brentwood
- RICHARD P LANCASTER JRPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- WILLIAM WELLSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD LYNN LABARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES SEIDENSTICKERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- PETER COLICCHIOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- NICHOLAS HEFER FRITZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 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.