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GARY PAUL TRYON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 20, 1946 – January 13, 1969
Service recordGary Paul Tryon, of Unadilla, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 85
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
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Unadilla, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 85
- JAMES RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · January 13, 1969
- ROGER DALE SHULERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
- TERRY LEE TIPPERYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP CHARLES ERICKSONSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 82
- WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORRELLSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 84
- TERRY LEE TIPPERYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 85
From Unadilla
- ROBERT W BARTON JRPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.