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GARY PRESTON TOMLINSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1947 – July 3, 1971
Service recordGary Preston Tomlinson, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 99
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 99
- ROBERT SCOTT SCHETTIGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 3, 1971
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
- MANOLO BRIONES AGNESPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1971
- VICTOR WALTER LEWFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP REX BERGFIELDCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 97
- TERRY JACK MARTELLCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 98
- ROBERT SCOTT SCHETTIGChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 99
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.