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GARY RAYMOND MCKENDRICK
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
June 21, 1947 – July 25, 1968
Service recordGary Raymond McKendrick, of Hallandale, Florida, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 25, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 8
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Hallandale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 8
- JAMES EDWARD MANSON JRLance Corporal · July 25, 1968
- PAUL HOWARD NABORSStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1968
- CHARLES CARROLL PARISHLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1968
- JOE PIERCE JRCorporal · July 25, 1968
From Hallandale
- JONATHAN CECIL ROKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1966
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES WHALENSpecialist Four · April 17, 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.