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GARY LYNN PACE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1945 – March 31, 1969
Service recordGary Lynn Pace, of Hope, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 100
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Hope, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 100
- EDWARD JOSEPH FRENDLINGSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SALAMONESpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST SHAWPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CURTIS BRANNANSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 96
From Hope
- DONALD DEAN ALVISStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
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.