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GARY LOUIS WAGUESPACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 13, 1947 – July 12, 1967
Service recordGary Louis Waguespack, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 65
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 65
- JAMES FRANCIS SCHIELEStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHASTSergeant · July 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED GARLAND BRAGG JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 55
- LE ROY HARLAND CHARBONEAUCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 56
- PERNELL RUSSELL CLAUDSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 56
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 56
- TYRONE COMBSSpecialist Five · Panel 23E, Line 56
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 57
- ROBERT EDWIN ECHOLSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 57
- GERALD LAWRENCE FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- WILLIE KETCHERY FULLILOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- EDDIE CARL GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- STEPHEN JAMES GROTHSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 58
- JAMES MICHAEL HAIDERSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- WANDLE LEWIS HICKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 59
- DAVID MICHAEL HORNPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 59
- JERRY LYNN HUGHESSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- OWEN RAYMOND MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- ROCKWELL GRANT JAMISONSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 60
- CHARLES MARK JUDGE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 60
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 60
- JERRY DON LANIERSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 60
- JOHN ALVIN HARLANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 61
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 61
- MILFORD GERALD MCKEEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 62
- FLOYD RUSSELL NOEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 62
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.