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GARY JOHN WINKLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordGary John Winkler, of North Babylon, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 10
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- North Babylon, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 10
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND WICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DENNIS STANLEY WOSICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM DEAN BUSHARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- JUAN JAVIER FIGUEROACorporal · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WALDEMAR JOHN GEIGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUSSELL GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- DONALD OWEN HARTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 1
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 6
- TERRY GENE RADASergeant · Panel 22W, Line 7
- EDDIE LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 8
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SPARKSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
From North Babylon
- WAYNE LEE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- HENRY YORKCorporal · February 8, 1968
- VINCENT ANTHONY DATENASpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- PETER NELSON BALDWINSergeant · March 28, 1968
- PHILLIP ROGERSSpecialist Five · June 25, 1968
- LUIS ROLA MERCADO-COLLADOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD GREEN JRPrivate · May 5, 1969
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 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.