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GARY LAURENCE VANDERBROOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1944 – February 27, 1969
Service recordGary Laurence Vanderbrook, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 86
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh 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 31W, Line 86
- RUDOLPH SWOOPESergeant First Class · February 27, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT TAVARESFireman · February 27, 1969
- LOUIE JAY TROUTT JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
- DAVID STEWART WHITMANPrivate First Class · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 76
- ENRIQUE SALAS CRUZStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 78
- GARY VAN HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 80
- ROBERT PHILLIP LEVINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- JAMES TERRY LIEBNITZSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- DONALD RAY RHODESSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 84
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.