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GARY LEE WALLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1950 – May 31, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Wallen, of Venice, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Venice, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 33
- STEPHEN EDWARD TURZILLISpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR WATSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JOSEPH CARL WILTSIEHospitalman · May 31, 1969
From Venice
- DONNELL BELLPrivate · February 25, 1968
- MELVIN JOHN FREISEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · December 2, 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.