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GARY RUEL MOWER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1944 – May 22, 1970
Service recordGary Ruel Mower, of Fairview, Utah, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Fairview, Utah (Sanpete County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 82
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
- THOMAS HARRY MOLESSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
- DANIEL EARNEST NELMSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1970
- RICHARD DEAN NELSONCorporal · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH WILLIAM BIGELOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 78
- NEIL BURGESS HAYES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 80
- THOMAS HARRY MOLESSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 82
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.