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GARY LEE RUSSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1949 – June 3, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Russell, of New Berlin, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- New Berlin, New York (Chenango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 5
- EDWARD QUINONESCorporal · June 3, 1968
- JOHN SALAZARSergeant First Class · June 3, 1968
- DAVID RAY SQUIRESSpecialist Five · June 3, 1968
- CLIFFORD STAPLETONSpecialist Five · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DALE ERNEST BADGLEYCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 19
- STEVEN CLARENCE BUSHCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 20
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 61W, Line 20
- JAMES EDWARD BYRD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 21
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CHUBBUCKCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 22
- BRIAN JAMES CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- DANNY JOE DARTPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- JESSE WILLARD DOWLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 22
- CARL KELLY ALLCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 24
- WAYNE R HAWKINSCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 1
- ROBERT DEAN JANSSENCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 1
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 1
- WILLIAM LEE JARBOEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- BILLIE CLIFFORD LOOMISPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 2
- FRANK JOSEPH NESTICHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 3
- ANTHONY PAUL OREILLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60W, Line 3
- ALAN ROBERT OTTCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 4
- BILL DEAN POFFSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 4
- CLARK D STICKLERCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 4
- DAVID RAY SQUIRESSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 5
- CLIFFORD STAPLETONSpecialist Five · Panel 60W, Line 5
- KENDALL WILLIAM THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 6
- JOSEPH RONALD VALENTINEPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 6
- DAVID CLARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 7
From New Berlin
- CHARLES LAVERN LUMMSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
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.