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GARY MAURICE OKEEFE
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 11, 1948 – December 5, 1968
Service recordGary Maurice Okeefe, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 47
- JOHN FRANCIS KANACZET JRLance Corporal · December 5, 1968
- ALLEN NEIL PALMPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- DAVID LEE ROBISONSergeant · December 5, 1968
- RAYMOND SINGLETONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.