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GARY LESLIE CALDWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1946 – May 23, 1966
Service recordGary Leslie Caldwell, of Logan, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 105
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Logan, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 105
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WILLIAM DANIEL GILLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- DEWEY WILLIAM KELLEYStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
- LOUIS RIDINGSStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1966
From Logan
- FRANCIS IVAN TOOPSCorporal · October 8, 1965
- LAWRENCE NEAL HELBERCaptain · January 24, 1966
- JOSEPH RICHARD BACHUSPetty Officer Second Class · November 7, 1966
- MARCUS JAMES HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 27, 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.