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GARY LEE CARLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – May 22, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Carle, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 82
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
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 82
- THOMAS JAMES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- PEDRO AFLAGUE CRUZStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1967
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
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.