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GARY GENE DETRICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – April 13, 1969
Service recordGary Gene Detrick, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 72
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 47 INF PLT SCT DG 101 ABN DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Wapakoneta, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 72
- GARY JOHN DASHERSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- DAVID FRANKLIN DECKERSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- BOBBY LEE DENTONSergeant · April 13, 1969
- GLENN WILSON DOMERLance Corporal · April 13, 1969
From Wapakoneta
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- BRUCE KOLTERSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
- RONALD NEAL PARSONSSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN OENPrivate First Class · June 9, 1970
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.