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GARY DONALD JEFFERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1949 – April 11, 1970
Service recordGary Donald Jefferson, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 124
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Subsistence Supply Specialist (76X)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 124
- RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAMCorporal · April 11, 1970
- EDWARD EMANUEL HOWARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- RONNIE LLOYD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- JAN HOUSTON NELSONFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 122
- VALENTINE BERMEA GOMEZ JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 123
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 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.