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GARY LYNN WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1946 – August 7, 1966
Service recordGary Lynn Williams, of Glenwood, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Glenwood, Iowa (Mills County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 110
- TONY LEE BAKKEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- RONALD LEE BELKNAPCorporal · August 8, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- FRANK LEE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
From Glenwood
- KENDAL ROBERT KRUSESergeant · March 29, 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.