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GARY PATRICK WESTCOTT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 24, 1951 – March 30, 1972
Service recordGary Patrick Westcott, of Pomona, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 125
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronic Warfare/Signal Intelligence Voice Interceptor (98G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 125
- BRUCE ALLEN CROSBY JRSergeant · March 30, 1972
- MELVIN WAYNE FINCHCaptain · March 30, 1972
- MELVIN ROSCOE GLEATONSpecialist Four · March 30, 1972
- CHARLES WAYNE BUNTIONSpecialist Four · March 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ALLEN CROSBY JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 125
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 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.