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GARY STEVEN CAYWOOD
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 15, 1946 – May 1, 1968
Service recordGary Steven Caywood, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 28
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)
- BLT 2 4 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “BLT 2 4 MAR 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 28
- WILLIAM GRANT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- GEORGE GUY CAPPARELLIPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DONALD LLOYD CARNESGunnery Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- JAMES MILLER CHRISTIELance Corporal · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 53E, Line 30
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.