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GARY LEWIS COLOMBO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1946 – March 6, 1968
Service recordGary Lewis Colombo, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 164 MAG 15 9 MAB FMF
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43E, Line 16
- CLINTON R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- JEFFREY FRANCIS CONLINSergeant · March 6, 1968
- RONALD STEPHEN DOBBSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- STEPHEN WOOD DOWNEYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD MARCOLance Corporal · April 10, 1968
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.