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GARY LEROY WESSELMAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 6, 1943 – April 19, 1967
Service recordGary Leroy Wesselman, of Montebello, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 51
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Montebello, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 51
- ALFONSO DONATO SIERCHIOSpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- JOSEPH JOHN SYGNATURPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- LE ROY YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM BARNES JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RAY REEVESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18E, Line 50
From Montebello
- JAMES STEWART KELLSergeant · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID MORELANDMajor · January 16, 1968
- REGINALD JOSEPH RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 17, 1969
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1969
- JOE FRANK GAYOSSOPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.