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GARY LEE WESTPHAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1951 – June 13, 1971
Service recordGary Lee Westphal, of Bonduel, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 74
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Bonduel, Wisconsin (Shawano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 74
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1971
- JOSEPH D HAYESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1971
- JAMES DONALD JACKSONCorporal · June 13, 1971
- CHARLES ANTHONY SANCHEZCorporal · June 13, 1971
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.