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GARY EDGAR FIELD
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 14, 1950 – November 28, 1970
Service recordGary Edgar Field, of Columbiaville, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbiaville, New York (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 87
- FREDERICK M RADER IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1970
- MACARIO SANCHEZ JRLance Corporal · November 27, 1970
- CHARLES FORAK CREAMER IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 28, 1970
- DAVID CRUZ JAUREGUIFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CRUZ JAUREGUIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 87
- JAMES BENJAMIN POWELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 88
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.