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GARY MICHIEL MABREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1947 – August 5, 1968
Service recordGary Michiel Mabrey, of Berkeley, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 15
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Berkeley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 15
- HARRY KIMSpecialist Four · August 5, 1968
- ROBERT DAVIS LONGStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS MICHAEL HYLANDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 14
- HARRY KIMSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 15
- JAMES LYNN MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 16
- BLAINE CLARENCE SCHAFFERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 16
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 17
From Berkeley
- ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACSWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
- PHILIP MICHAEL CALLANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- KENNETH ROBBINS CAMERONCaptain · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HARECorporal · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD MULLAN JRHospitalman · June 28, 1967
- DONALD LEROY GASSERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR WESTPrivate First Class · March 31, 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.