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GARY DEAN BENDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 4, 1948 – June 16, 1969
Service recordGary Dean Bender, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 56
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 56
- EDWARD VOYTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DONALD LEE WICKLINE JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- MITCHELL BLAINE WYSELPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- RONDAL LEE BURNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JUSTIN HELTSLEYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 58
- THOMAS EDWARD HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 60
- MARVIN CHARLES WHITECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 61
- SAMMY HOWARD WHITWORTHCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 61
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
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.