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GARY ROY GENTH
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 17, 1946 – February 19, 1969
Service recordGary Roy Genth, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 58
- DAN RAE BYHAMPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- JAMES WENDALL DALTONCorporal · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD LEE EARLYSergeant First Class · February 19, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- JOHN TERRELL WHITSONSergeant · February 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 57
- JAMES WENDALL DALTONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- CHARLES MILTON DOWNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 59
- CHARLES FOULKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RONALD JOSEPH HILLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE WAYCASTERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 61
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.