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GARY CECIL BAIZE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1948 – August 19, 1968
Service recordGary Cecil Baize, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 51
- FREDDY ROOSEVELT WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT WITTLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- ARTURO S ZAMORAPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- DAVID LEE ADAMSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALVIN PACESergeant · Panel 47W, Line 2
- CHARLIE PERKINS JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 3
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MONKMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.