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GARY LEONARD DAUCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – November 1, 1968
Service recordGary Leonard Dauch, of Clyde, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 74
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Clyde, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 74
- THEODORE HUBERT DALTONCorporal · November 1, 1968
- WOODIE JUNIOR DEANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- KEITH WILLIAM DUFFYPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- EDWARD LEE GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EASON JASPER MAXEYSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 3
From Clyde
- GEORGE GERALD STOLLSergeant · November 5, 1966
- HAROLD EUGENE STIGERMaster Sergeant · February 7, 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.