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GARY CHESTER TOWLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 29, 1942 – May 24, 1969
Service recordGary Chester Towle, of Concord, New Hampshire, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Concord, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 99
- RICHARD MARTIN SCHNAKEFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- CECIL FRANKLIN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- JACKIE WAYNE TROGLENStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
- STANLEY TURNERSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RAY JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 95
From Concord
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
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.