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GARY FRANCIS FUNN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1947 – August 10, 1966
Service recordGary Francis Funn, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 122
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 122
- ALBERT LEROY FRENCHFirst Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JRCaptain · August 10, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- JOHN ALLEN HEIKASergeant · August 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE ACHICASergeant · Panel 9E, Line 121
- ALBERT LEROY FRENCHFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 122
- ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 122
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 124
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.