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GARY DENNIS FERNANDEZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordGary Dennis Fernandez, of Levittown, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · 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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Levittown, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 77
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- PAUL HENLEY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- JOSEPH CLERMAN WIAR JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- MICHAEL LANCE WILSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LLOYD CLEEMSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 65
- RENE GUERRA-HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 67
- ROGER DALE LEDBETTERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 70
- JAMES J MORASpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 73
- PHILIP EDWARD RUMINSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GEORGE SCHRAMMSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 75
- ANDREW JESENEK TELLISCaptain · Panel 33E, Line 76
From Levittown
- JAMES RAYMOND ONEILLMajor · February 6, 1963
- MICKY JAMES JOHNSLance Corporal · September 20, 1966
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD THEODORE MURPHYCorporal · May 22, 1967
- DONALD WALTER HOLLENBACHPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- STEVEN RICHARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GERALD COHENStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · May 4, 1968
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.