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GARY LYNN HOLLINGSWORTH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – May 18, 1971
Service recordGary Lynn Hollingsworth, of Paris, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electrical-Electronic Engineering Assistant (01B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Paris, Missouri (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1971. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 40
- LARRY JAMES GAMMONSpecialist Four · May 18, 1971
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GEORGESpecialist Four · May 18, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TORRENCELieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1971
- RICHARD LORDY BARBEESergeant · May 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DALE WILLARD DEHNKEStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 39
- DANNY DAY ENTRICANCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 39
From Paris
- GEORGE RILEY STAMPPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
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.