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GARY PRESTON NEIMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1951 – April 23, 1969
Service recordGary Preston Neiman, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1951
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 34
- DENNIS JERROD OLIVERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- DARNELL MILTON PAYNEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- KENNETH RALPH PEDERSENPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- STEPHEN RUSSELL PETERSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OTTO PHILIP BARNHARTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 29
- HENRY WATERS CARDWELLSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 30
- JULIAN DEAN DEDMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 31
- JAMES PHILLIP HEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- JOHN FRANCIS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 35
- JOHN WERNER TIDERENCELSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 36
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.