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GARY EUGENE MCCASLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1945 – September 17, 1966
Service recordGary Eugene McCaslin, of Vale, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Vale, North Carolina (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 10E, Line 108
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · September 17, 1966
- JOSEPH BINGHAM MACK JRMajor · September 17, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- EDWARD DEAN MCCANNCaptain · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 105
- WILLIAM GORDON FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 106
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · Panel 10E, Line 107
- ALFRED MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 109
From Vale
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- RICHARD TED ARMSTRONGSecond Lieutenant · June 12, 1966
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · October 13, 1967
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.