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GARY ELTON LEE
Private · U.S. Army
August 11, 1946 – July 23, 1968
Service recordGary Elton Lee, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 41
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 MP CO 92 MP BN
- Born
- August 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 41
- GANNON CLARK MILBY JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOGUESpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- RAY HOWARD JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- DENNIS EARL IJAMSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- FRANCIS DAVID LEO JOHNSONSpecialist Five · July 23, 1968
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.