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GARY LEE SARGENT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1942 – August 13, 1966
Service recordGary Lee Sargent, of Lucasville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Lucasville, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 2
- BOBBY JOE SHOCKLEYSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
- JOHN CALVIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- GARY LIONEL VINASCaptain · August 13, 1966
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PERCY W MCCLATCHYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 133
From Lucasville
- MICHAEL DAVID NOELSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
- FRANK ALLEN NEWMANSpecialist Six · May 24, 1972
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.