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GARY LEE GLEAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – February 3, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Glear, of Silex, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Silex, Missouri (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 48
- RUSSELL THOMAS FANTSergeant · February 3, 1969
- GORDON DWIGHT GARDNERSergeant · February 3, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES GULLAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL THOMAS FANTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 48
- WILLIAM HARVEY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 50
- JON SIDNEY RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 51
- ERNEST ALLAN SPONGSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 52
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.