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GARY GENE DAGLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1945 – May 11, 1969
Service recordGary Gene Dagley, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 46
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 46
- JAMES LELAND SIPESMajor · May 10, 1969
- EDWARD ARNOLD BARLOWSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
- MILLS BEALE IIISergeant First Class · May 11, 1969
- MALCOLM FRANK BELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- RONALD JAMES CARTERPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD GRAYCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 47
- MICHAEL LEWIS LICKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 50
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 52
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.