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GARY LEE WILKINS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Wilkins, of Longview, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Longview, Washington (Cowlitz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 2
- KENNETH RICHARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM LARRY WILSONCorporal · May 19, 1968
- GARY LEE WITHERELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAY BAERSergeant · May 20, 1968
From Longview
- CLAUDE FREDRICK WEIDERMANSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 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.