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GARY PHELPS OFFUTT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 4, 1940 – October 1, 1965
Service recordGary Phelps Offutt, of Stewartsville, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 1, 1965, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 101
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 4, 1940
- Home of record
- Stewartsville, Missouri (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1965; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 101
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
From Stewartsville
- GREGG CLIFTON HINDERKSPrivate First Class · June 29, 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.