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GARY LEE MIZNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1950 – October 5, 1971
Service recordGary Lee Mizner, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 34
- FREDERICK OLEN JONESSergeant First Class · October 2, 1971
- DAVID LEE HANNSpecialist Four · October 3, 1971
- LARRY WILLIAM CHANEYPrivate First Class · October 4, 1971
- SIDNEY ALLEN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · October 4, 1971
- JEFFREY RANDALL STOKESPetty Officer Third Class · October 5, 1971
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.