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GARY ARNOLD NEAVOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1944 – May 24, 1969
Service recordGary Arnold Neavor, of Bettendorf, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 97
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- April 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Bettendorf, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 97
- JOHN NILES MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK ODEASpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- ROGER LEE OLIVERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- JOHN HERBERT PLATTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARK WILLIAM FENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 94
- ELMER EUGENE FIELDSPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 94
- DAVID ALLEN HARGENSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 95
- STANLEY TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 99
From Bettendorf
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- REID WILLIAM STOLTENBERGLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1967
- VERNON CHESTER RANDOLPHCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JAMES BLACK COOKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- WAYNE RICHARD ANDERSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1970
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.