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GARY DAVID THATCHER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 25, 1949 – February 6, 1970
Service recordGary David Thatcher, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 109
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 109
- DARRELL JACK SMITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- KIRK IRWIN TEMPLELance Corporal · February 6, 1970
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
- RICHARD FREEMAN WALTONSergeant · February 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 108
- RICHARD FREEMAN WALTONSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 109
- MORRIS EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 110
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 110
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 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.