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GARY LEE ROSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1950 – July 29, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Rose, of Brazil, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 67
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Brazil, Indiana (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 67
- ROY WAYNE MARLATTSergeant · July 29, 1970
- PLEASANT MCCRAY JRCorporal · July 29, 1970
- RONALD FRANK PERSYNStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1970
- ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDERSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEE THOMAS BAIZSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 64
- ROGER JAMES CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 65
- RONALD FRANK PERSYNStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 67
From Brazil
- MAX WAYNE BATCHELORSergeant · October 4, 1967
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- CHESTER RAY MCCLELLANDCorporal · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- ZETTIE J C DULINSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- GARY LEE BOYCEPetty Officer Second Class · January 1, 1973
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.