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GARY LEE STYMUS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 10, 1941 – May 25, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Stymus, of Holley, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 108
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1941
- Home of record
- Holley, New York (Orleans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 108
- FREDDIE EDWARD THEISLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD LEWIS TIEMANSergeant First Class · May 25, 1967
- BENJAMIN GARETH WELLSFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- KURNEY JOSEPH WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GENIUS CLARKSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 101
- HARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 105
- LEONARD KING NUTESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 105
- ROBERT GARY STATONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 107
- ANDREW SAMUEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 109
From Holley
- DAVID DUANE CASEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN FISCHER JRSpecialist Four · August 3, 1968
- PAUL SCOTT MANDRACCHIALance Corporal · April 16, 1970
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.