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GARY DUANE FOX
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – May 24, 1968
Service recordGary Duane Fox, of Sheridan, Wyoming, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Sheridan, Wyoming (Sheridan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 68E, Line 2
- WALLACE ADDISON FORDLieutenant Colonel · May 24, 1968
- RONALD LLOYD FRAZERSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN HAYDENCorporal · May 24, 1968
- PAUL LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
From Sheridan
- PHILIP OWEN ROBINSONLieutenant (junior grade) · March 25, 1966
- WALTER JUNIOR WASHUTCorporal · May 20, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD BROWNSergeant · July 10, 1967
- KENNETH WALTER KINGPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DONALD LEE FORDSpecialist Five · November 22, 1968
- JOHN HERRICK ALDRICHSergeant · June 20, 1969
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.