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GARY DENNIS AMES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1937 – December 8, 1967
Service recordGary Dennis Ames, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 62
- DAVID JAMES WOZNICKISpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- DOMINGO IGNACIO AGUILARLieutenant Colonel · December 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE AILESPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD DONALD MICHAELLieutenant Colonel · Panel 31E, Line 65
- CHARLES DAVID WILKIEMajor · Panel 31E, Line 67
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.