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GARY LEE WILCOX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1945 – March 26, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Wilcox, of Brainardsville, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Brainardsville, New York (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Vinh Binh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 56
- ROGER ALLAN BUCHANANPrivate First Class · March 27, 1967
- JOE WAYNE CHANDLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- DAVID ALAN DROWNSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- FREDERICK IRVING FRENIERPrivate First Class · March 27, 1967
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.