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GARY LYN GILES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – June 2, 1970
Service recordGary Lyn Giles, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 1
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 1
- JAMES VAL GIBSONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL GIUSTACorporal · June 2, 1970
- DARRELL WAYNE HANSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
- DANIEL WALLACE HARRISONCorporal · June 2, 1970
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.