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GARY LEE BROOKHART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – May 9, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Brookhart, of Muscatine, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 27
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Muscatine, Iowa (Muscatine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 27
- ROBERT JOSEPH ALERT JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- ROBERT ALAN BANKSSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN BEACHCorporal · May 9, 1969
- GERALD LEE CALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALAN BANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 27
- GEORGE THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 29
From Muscatine
- LARRY WILLIAM BRENDELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS KINGChief Master Sergeant · December 25, 1968
- ALBERT DEAN FOSTERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1969
- JERRY ARTHUR BUNNFirst Lieutenant · July 16, 1969
- WILLIAM MORRIS COZADCorporal · May 13, 1970
- LANNY ALLEN YORKFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1972
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.