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GARY AUSTIN DORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – May 22, 1971
Service recordGary Austin Dore, of Mt Sterling, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 50
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Sterling, Kentucky (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 50
- THOMAS ROY LUSHERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1971
- EDWARD WALTER METCALFMaster Sergeant · May 22, 1971
- JAMES WILLIAM PETERSONCaptain · May 22, 1971
- RICHARD DALE PLUMMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1971
From Mt Sterling
- CARL BERG MITCHELLMajor · January 14, 1964
- GEORGE EDWARD COREYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- EDWARD TAUL CROOKSStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1966
- ROGER NESTERCorporal · April 28, 1968
- TOMMY R NEALISSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.