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GARY LEE GABEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – February 2, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Gabel, of Fremont, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 71
- ROBERT PAUL FOLEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- SILAS EUGENE GIBSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 65
- IRVIN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 66
- ROBERT L CHAPMANPrivate · Panel 36E, Line 67
- QUENTIN WAYNE BINDERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 70
- KENNETH EDWARD GOLDENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 72
- GUY RICHARD HIVELYSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 74
- FRED WALTER JANSONIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 74
- DOUGLAS EDWARD HOBACKCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 75
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 75
- RALPH AINSWORTH KEATINGPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 75
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 76
- ELOY FELIPE ESTE LEBLANCCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 77
- ROBERT ANTONIO REYESPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 77
- ROY LEE PHILLIPSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- GARY STUART POSCOVERCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- VINCENT P LANDONCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 83
- SELMER ERNEST SALVESONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 86
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 86
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 87
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 2
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 2
From Fremont
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- KENNARD ERROL SVANOEFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
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.