The Wall › Panel 33W › New York › Gary Joseph Coyle
GARY JOSEPH COYLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – February 7, 1969
Service recordGary Joseph Coyle, of Wellsville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 77
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Wellsville, New York (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 77
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD LARRY DAVISPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
- PATRICK ELVIN MCCULLOUGHSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From Wellsville
- DONALD EARL THOMPSONCommander · February 4, 1967
- CHARLES MATHEW DUTTONSpecialist Five · April 8, 1968
- DONALD NEIL PENSYLSpecialist Four · August 30, 1971
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.