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GARY LEE GADZIALA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – May 10, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Gadziala, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 7
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
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 7
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · May 10, 1968
- ADAM ANTHONY FONTANASergeant First Class · May 10, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM FRITSCHLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- WARREN GRAYSergeant · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN BOCHESpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 4
- DONALD LEWIS HARDENSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 8
- RUDY LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 12
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 12
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.