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GARY PETER FORMICA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – October 4, 1970
Service recordGary Peter Formica, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 110
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 110
- STEVEN ERNEST LUCASSpecialist Four · October 3, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN SAMPSONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1970
- OLEN LEE UPSHAWStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1970
- WALTER RAY WINTERSPetty Officer Second Class · October 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK TIMOTHY SORCIPrivate · Panel 7W, Line 112
From Bloomfield
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINCorporal · July 7, 1967
- RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JRSergeant · October 4, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT BOYDENPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD CERVERASpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 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.