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GARY ELLIS HOADLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1946 – August 3, 1968
Service recordGary Ellis Hoadley, of Fontana, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 5
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Fontana, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 5
- CLARENCE JAMES JACKSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY JONESSecond Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- RONALD KEITH LEWISLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- LOUIS UISVILLE MENARD JRPrivate First Class · August 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY B BUZZARDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 3
- WILLIE EARL GRANGERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 4
- STEPHEN LAWRENCE HAVASSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 4
From Fontana
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DOMINIC ANTHONY CORONAPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
- JOSEPH PENN MAREKPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERSSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LANESpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · January 6, 1969
- PARIS WILLIAM MONTANEZPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN BURNSCorporal · February 28, 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.