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GARY ROBERT HALEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1947 – February 5, 1969
Service recordGary Robert Haley, of Marquette, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 63
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Marquette, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 63
- ALLEN JOSEPH GREENELance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- TONY LEE GRIFFITHSergeant · February 5, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE HAMLINSergeant · February 5, 1969
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
From Marquette
- JAMES EDWARD BELLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- BENJAMIN CARLTON LARABEESergeant · December 18, 1968
- CARL FRANCIS ARBOGAST JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- TERRY ALFRED CARTERLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN DERRICKSergeant · November 3, 1970
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.