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GARY LYNN PACE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – March 30, 1971
Service recordGary Lynn Pace, of Easley, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 95
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Easley, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 95
- THOMAS HENRY RATLIFFSpecialist Five · March 30, 1971
- ROBERT JOSEPH SKEWESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1971
- MICHAEL ALLEN WADELance Corporal · March 30, 1971
- MICHAEL ALAN YOUNGCorporal · March 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 94
From Easley
- JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPSLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- WILLIAM DONALD GARNERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- JAMES DONALD CLARDYSergeant · September 26, 1967
- HERSHALL TALLENTSergeant · May 10, 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.