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GARY LEE FOLZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 4, 1949 – December 11, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Folz, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 48
- ROBERT DEAN FARRINGTONCaptain · December 11, 1969
- THOMAS ROBERT MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW MAYCorporal · December 11, 1969
- JIMMY RALPH PATRICKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1969
From Wisconsin Rapids
- PHILLIP HENRY CLARKPrivate First Class · March 4, 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.