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GARY LEE LABONTE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1948 – July 17, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Labonte, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 45
- ROBERT DONALD LETSCH JRLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- MICHAEL PHILLIP MADRIDHospitalman · July 17, 1968
- DEAN EDWARD NICHOLASLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- LIONEL PARRA JRMajor · July 17, 1968
From Mesquite
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 20, 1970
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 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.