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GARY MURRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1946 – May 24, 1967
Service recordGary Murray, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Elizabethton, Tennessee (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 96
- GEORGE DIKER JRLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
- JAMES LEE KACHLINESpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- TERRY FRANKLIN LEAZERFireman · May 24, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN LYLEPrivate · May 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LEE FRANKESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 94
- JAMES LEE KACHLINESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 96
- MICHAEL STEVEN LYLEPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 96
- GERALD JOHN PYSHERSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 98
From Elizabethton
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- DALE ALONZO JOHNSONMajor · October 27, 1966
- WILLIAM JACK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL AVERYLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SHAFFERLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · February 23, 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.