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GARY LYNN MERCER
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
November 28, 1948 – June 8, 1970
Service recordGary Lynn Mercer, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Steelworker (SW)
- Unit (as recorded)
- CBMU 301 3 NC BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 28
- JOHN THOMAS KREBS JRSecond Lieutenant · June 8, 1970
- MARVIN DOUGLAS LAMBDINPrivate First Class · June 8, 1970
- JOSE CLEMENTE MONTANOLance Corporal · June 8, 1970
- ANSEL WENDELL MORSECorporal · June 8, 1970
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.