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GARY DOUGLAS TACKETT
Fireman · U.S. Navy
May 5, 1942 – November 4, 1966
Service recordGary Douglas Tackett, of Belpre, Ohio, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 4, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Interior Comm Electrician (IC)
- Born
- May 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Belpre, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 25
- VINCENT CARMEN BOURDEAUSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- HOWARD LESLIE WALKERSergeant · November 4, 1966
- GARY PATTERSON WRATTENMajor · November 4, 1966
From Belpre
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- RONALD LEE SPENCELance Corporal · November 28, 1969
- MEREDITH LEE BARNETTSergeant · November 6, 1970
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.