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GARY MARTIN KILLIAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordGary Martin Killian, of Hazel Park, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Hazel Park, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 61
- LOUIS JOSEPH INFERRERAPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DOUGLAS ONEIL KEEFEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 57
- RUDOLPH RALPH CORONA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 58
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 59
- RICHARD EARL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 60
- JOSEPH LEDESMA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 62
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 65
- JOSH PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 66
- ROLAND EDWARD RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 67
- CARL DELANE NAGENGASTSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 68
From Hazel Park
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON LALONESpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- RICHARD LAWRENCE WOLFEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- BARRY ALAN HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- MICHAEL A GRIEVESergeant · January 31, 1968
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GARY CARL SEYMOURPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- HAROLD MICHAEL DAVIS JRCorporal · January 18, 1969
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.