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GARY FRANCIS GATTI
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – August 11, 1967
Service recordGary Francis Gatti, of Lynwood, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Lynwood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 101
- JOHN FREDERICK RODENBERGLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- ROY MITCHELL WHEATLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- JOSEPH STANLEY YANCYSpecialist Four · August 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HENRY BRIAN GRAMMERSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 99
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 101
From Lynwood
- RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 13, 1966
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE LAKELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
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.