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GARY DEAN DOCTOR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1946 – October 7, 1966
Service recordGary Dean Doctor, of Basom, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Basom, New York (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 56
- JOHN FRANCIS DALOLA IIIPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- VINCENT FRANCIS GARVEYPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 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.