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GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1947 – April 17, 1968
Service recordGary Michael Archibald, of Huntington, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 25
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntington, Indiana (Huntington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- WARD LEROY ANTHONYCorporal · April 17, 1968
- HOWARD WAYNE BANDELIERPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
- VERNON WALTER BURGESONStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT FRANKLINPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 27
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 30
- JERRY MOSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 31
From Huntington
- MIKE GARCIA BUSTOSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- THOMAS WARDROP IIIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LLOYD D PINKERTONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD PAULSergeant · February 5, 1967
- FLOYD RUSSELL NOEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN SCHEIBERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ELSTONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- RONALD EDWIN ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1970
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.