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GARY LADD SQUIERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1949 – January 28, 1969
Service recordGary Ladd Squiers, of Toledo, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Toledo, Iowa (Tama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 10
- JEROLD JEROME SHELTONStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1969
- GARVIS KEITH SIMONSSergeant · January 28, 1969
- CHARLES ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL STEINBACHERLance Corporal · January 28, 1969
From Toledo
- WILLIAM JAY BALFOURCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GERALD CARL KINNYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- NORBERT ALBERT PODHAJSKYCaptain · November 29, 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.