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GARY DEAN HUMPHRIES
Captain · U.S. Army
October 7, 1944 – January 26, 1969
Service recordGary Dean Humphries, of San Pablo, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1944
- Home of record
- San Pablo, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 84
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- DOUGLAS DUANE JANSSENCorporal · January 26, 1969
- KENNETH PAUL JOHNSONCorporal · January 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN KARL LANGERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 85
From San Pablo
- GEORGE STEVE FRANKLINSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- DENNIS RAY HEIHNPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- DENNIS ALBERT PRENTICESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- MORRIS ALLAN NOBLECorporal · June 17, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · January 6, 1968
- LITTLE JAY JACKSONSpecialist Five · March 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN ROSEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1968
- JOHN EDWIN DAVISCorporal · August 30, 1968
- JACK DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 23, 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.