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GARY LYNN DENT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1950 – January 2, 1971
Service recordGary Lynn Dent, of Riverdale, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Riverdale, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ABEL PIERCESpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- EUGENE IVAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · January 1, 1971
- DONALD DEAN WINNSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- STANLEY GENE CROCKETTSergeant · January 2, 1971
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.