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GARY PAUL FONTENOT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 22, 1946 – August 12, 1967
Service recordGary Paul Fontenot, of Ville Platte, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 103
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Ville Platte, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 103
- FAY KENNY COOPERSpecialist Five · August 12, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LARRY BERNARD GORDIANSpecialist Five · August 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
From Ville Platte
- JOSEPH GERALD DUGASPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- OSCAR MOISE DARDEAU JRColonel · November 18, 1967
- WILSON JACK JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- TERREL JAMES VIDRINEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · March 30, 1969
- GERALD JAMES GUILLORYPrivate First Class · October 19, 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.