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GARY DENTON TATE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1950 – July 24, 1969
Service recordGary Denton Tate, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 42
- LARRY DELARNARD AIKENSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH WHITESSpecialist Four · July 24, 1969
- MICHAEL M BARTHOLOMEWStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1969
- JAMES LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
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.