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GARY M GRYZEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1950 – December 13, 1969
Service recordGary M Gryzen, of Hudsonville, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 53
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Hudsonville, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 53
- JAMES MICHAEL CHEATHAMCorporal · December 13, 1969
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- DEARING MICHAEL JACKSONPetty Officer First Class · December 13, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MELVIN JRSergeant · December 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN MCINTYRECorporal · Panel 15W, Line 54
- GARY THOMAS PHILLIPSSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 54
From Hudsonville
- GARY WAYNE PEASLEYSpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- JOEL VRUGGINKSpecialist Five · November 6, 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.