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GARY LEE HARBIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1946 – December 8, 1966
Service recordGary Lee Harbin, of Oswego, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Oswego, Illinois (Kendall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 21
- CHARLES DEWAYNE DAMSGARDPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- MICHAEL THORNTON FOUSTPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAGPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 20
- SALVATORE PETER CEMELLIPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 20
From Oswego
- FREDERICK CHARLES HERIAUDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- HANS WOLFGANG BRUNNERCorporal · March 29, 1968
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.