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GARY LEE JATICH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1948 – March 6, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Jatich, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Yen 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43E, Line 23
- HOOD HAL HUNTPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ANDREW JACKSONLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- LARRY SCOTT KENNEDYCorporal · March 6, 1968
- DONALD E KENTONWarrant Officer 1 · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD BEALLSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 13
- WARREN GENE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 15
- DAVID MICHAEL SCHUHSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 33
- GARRITY VOGELPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 37
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.