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GARY LEWIS PFLASTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1948 – June 12, 1971
Service recordGary Lewis Pflaster, of Paramount, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 73
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Paramount, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 73
- THOMAS WILLIAM BEATTYSpecialist Five · June 12, 1971
- CARROLL JOE BENTONSergeant · June 12, 1971
- RALPH LEE CHURCHFirst Lieutenant · June 12, 1971
- STEVEN JOHN ELLISPrivate First Class · June 13, 1971
From Paramount
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · December 27, 1966
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
- 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
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.