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GARY ROBERT WILSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 25, 1943 – September 14, 1967
Service recordGary Robert Wilson, of Chicago Heights, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 73
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 73
- DAVID CARL STANLEYSpecialist Four · September 14, 1967
- HAYWOOD WADE TIPSY JRLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
- KENNETH EUGENE TREIBLEYSergeant · September 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE WILSONCorporal · September 14, 1967
From Chicago Heights
- GARY ADRIAN BARNARDPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- JUAN REFUGIO GARCIALance Corporal · June 26, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- JUAN MASILLOPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY PROMBOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 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.