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GARY LEE BINDER
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
December 6, 1946 – October 13, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Binder, of Hays, Kansas, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 13, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 98
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Hays, Kansas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 98
- ROGER EDWIN WALTONPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- GUY LESTER BELLEWStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- ROBERT WHITE BOYDFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1967
- DENNIS RICHARD BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · October 13, 1967
- ALAN LESLIE SEAMANSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
From Hays
- NORMAN ALEXIUS LEIKAMMajor · October 23, 1965
- OLIS RAY RIGBYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- JAMES EARL HESKETTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT LEE URBANPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · February 8, 1969
- CHARLES WALTER MALONEMajor · October 5, 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.