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GARY LEE WITHERELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1946 – May 19, 1968
Service recordGary Lee Witherell, of Compton, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- 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; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 2
- GARY LEE WILKINSLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- KENNETH RICHARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM LARRY WILSONCorporal · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAY BAERSergeant · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 4
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 5
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 8
- GERALD JAMESSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 9
- ISAIAH MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 13
- GEORGE RICHARD POPESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 16
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.