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GARY ROBERT WILLEKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1947 – July 22, 1968
Service recordGary Robert Willeke, of Ada, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- July 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Ada, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 37
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE SHRUMSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- RONALD ALBERT SKELTONPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- FREDERICK DALE STEPHENSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- MARC GREGORY VANDALSEMPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE NATHANIEL DAVISPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 30
- HUGH MOZELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 30
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 31
- SIEGFRIED LOUIS GRAEBNERCaptain · Panel 51W, Line 31
- DAVID BRUCE KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 33
- GERALD DENNIS KIESLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 34
- ROGER DALE SHAFERSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 36
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 36
- VALENTINE TUCKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 36
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 37
- MARC GREGORY VANDALSEMPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 37
From Ada
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEGRANDStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1965
- LESTER HOUX JRLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
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.