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GARY JAMES WINTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1950 – August 10, 1970
Service recordGary James Winter, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 102
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- July 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 102
- ANTHONY LOUIS RAMSEYPrivate · August 10, 1970
- GRANT REED WAUGHMajor · August 10, 1970
- WILLIAM LEE WHITMORECaptain · August 10, 1970
- DONNIE DEWAYNE ASBURYPrivate First Class · August 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER CAFFEYSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 99
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.