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GARY ARZA HUSTED
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1949 – May 29, 1968
Service recordGary Arza Husted, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 7
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Administrative Marine (0100)
- Born
- May 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 7
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- KENNETH MARVIN ILERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- REGINALD ROCKEFEL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- JAMES CLARENCE JEWELL JRCorporal · May 29, 1968
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.