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GARY DAVID FALK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – January 4, 1969
Service recordGary David Falk, of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairport Harbor, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 33
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- CHARLES JOHN CATELLISpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE DAVISLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- PAUL MICHAEL EVANSLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT MACYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 35
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.