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GARY LEE REHN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1946 – November 9, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Rehn, of Park Rapids, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 62
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Park Rapids, Minnesota (Hubbard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 62
- PETER ANTHONY SCHRADERCorporal · November 9, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
- LARRY DOUGLAS SHARPPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- LANCE PETER SIJANCaptain · November 9, 1967
From Park Rapids
- DONALD CARL GREENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY ASHBYPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1967
- VINCENT LLOYD SHEPERSKYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
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.