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GARY LEE WOOTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1946 – February 20, 1967
Service recordGary Lee Wooton, of Kenova, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Kenova, West Virginia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 66
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- ENOCH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1967
- BRUCE STEPHEN LAPORTEHospitalman · February 20, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
From Kenova
- ROBERT ELWOOD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 2, 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.