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GARY PAUL BLAND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1945 – September 22, 1965
Service recordGary Paul Bland, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- August 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 92
- DONALD RAY WIESTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MANUEL FORTUNAT FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WINGATEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
From Peoria
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- CHARLES DUFFY BLACKFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1967
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.