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GARY FREDRICK PAARZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1946 – April 9, 1967
Service recordGary Fredrick Paarz, of Absecon, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Absecon, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 6
- DALE E MILAMSergeant · April 9, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- DALE EDWIN PLOTEPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
From Absecon
- MICHAEL DAVIS REEVESCorporal · May 20, 1968
- CHARLES JOHN KURTZPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.