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GARY RICHARD GUEST
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1949 – May 27, 1969
Service recordGary Richard Guest, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Stoughton, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 116
- GARY KENT SMITHPrivate · May 26, 1969
- RICHARD LEIGH COXPetty Officer Third Class · May 27, 1969
- CHARLES DWAYNE ERVINPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- GARY CARL FASSELCorporal · May 27, 1969
- CHARLES CLINTON FLEEKSergeant · May 27, 1969
From Stoughton
- PAUL MCEACHRONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- PAUL STEVEN CZERWONKAPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- MICHAEL BERNARD SHUMANSergeant · August 26, 1968
- GEORGE FREDRICK EVANSSergeant First Class · February 28, 1969
- SIMEON JOSEPH A BERGERONSpecialist Four · March 15, 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.