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GARY LYNN GASCON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1947 – November 1, 1967
Service recordGary Lynn Gascon, of Watkins Glen, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 2
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Watkins Glen, New York (Schuyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 2
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RICHARD GLEN DAVISLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- DENNIS RAY DIEBALLSergeant · November 1, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KARL FRANCIS RYNEARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 5
From Watkins Glen
- ROBERT JOSEPH PASTORESpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
- DANIEL HALEY LOVEPrivate First Class · August 22, 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.