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GARY DON PAGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1946 – November 20, 1968
Service recordGary Don Pagan, of Ozona, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Ozona, Texas (Crockett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 19
- JAMES MICHAEL MARTINSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE MCBRIDELance Corporal · November 20, 1968
- DAVID WENDELL MYERSCaptain · November 20, 1968
- HARRY CLAYBURN PANNELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY W CLIFTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 15
- ALBERT D CONTREROS JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 16
- ARTHUR J HERINGHAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 18
- MICHAEL DEAN REIFFSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 20
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
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.