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GARY LEIGH NORDQUIST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1945 – January 24, 1968
Service recordGary Leigh Nordquist, of Paramount, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 25
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Paramount, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 25
- WILLIAM W MCCLENDON JRCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES CARTHELL MCHENRYLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS NAWROCKIPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- JOHN HALL NEAL JRCorporal · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBIE LEE DITZFELDSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 20
- RONALD ALFRED GALANTESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 20
- JAMES MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 22
- PETER LOUIS LOVETTPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 23
- WILLIAM LUNN MARLIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 24
From Paramount
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · December 27, 1966
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- MELVIN LEE MARTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- RANDALL MICHAEL WAUGHCorporal · July 5, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT ELEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
- DAVID ELLIS OGDENStaff Sergeant · May 6, 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.