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GARY CLIFFORD BANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1945 – May 20, 1967
Service recordGary Clifford Bannon, of Leon, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 53
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Leon, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 53
- JOHN ATKINSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- STANLEY MARTIN BAKERSecond Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
- RICHARD J BELICOSESergeant · May 20, 1967
- ERNEST L CHAMBERS JRCorporal · May 20, 1967
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.