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GARY JOSEPH HALVERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1949 – September 11, 1968
Service recordGary Joseph Halverson, of New Richmond, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- New Richmond, Wisconsin (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 25
- WILLIAM ARNOLD GIBBSSergeant · September 11, 1968
- LEONARD OLSEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- W COLE HERNDONSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH HOYEZPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 22
- GARY FRANCIS CYSEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 23
From New Richmond
- ROBERT ALLEN SINGERHOUSEPrivate · December 3, 1965
- JAMES LEWIS HAMLETPrivate First Class · June 10, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE SEVERSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.