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GARY LEE DEMPSEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – January 1, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Dempsey, of Yorklyn, Delaware, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 114
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Yorklyn, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 114
- BENJAMIN JOHN J BUCHANANSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- ROY WILLARD GODOWNSSergeant · January 1, 1970
- ROGER KENNETH GREENWAYStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1970
- HENRY CHESTER KLINGERSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN JOHN J BUCHANANSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 114
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.