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GARY DEAN HALLIDAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1951 – March 25, 1971
Service recordGary Dean Halliday, of Atascadero, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 77
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Atascadero, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 77
- OLIN DEWEY MARLAR IIISpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
- JEFFREY MATHEW PARMELEESpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE THOMPSON JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 79
From Atascadero
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES HANSENPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- TERRY DIXON RATLIFFLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- DENNIS JOHN STANLEYSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES PADDOCKCorporal · June 28, 1969
- MARK CARL ALFORDSergeant · September 3, 1969
- ERIC ALAN BOSCHPrivate · December 27, 1969
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.