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GARY STEVEN KADETZ
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1943 – May 19, 1966
Service recordGary Steven Kadetz, of South Ozone Park, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 86
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1943
- Home of record
- South Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 86
- ROGER EDWARD JOZWIAKLance Corporal · May 19, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL WINSTON KILROYCaptain · May 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ELIAS CRISSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 85
- MICHAEL DAN EULERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 85
- EMMET LEE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 85
- IRVIN DALE KNIPPELBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- GREGORY BERNARD NORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- LEON R SCRIBERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 87
- MARK FOSTER UDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 87
- FRANK MUSCYNSKISergeant · Panel 7E, Line 88
- LLOYD GEORGE WIEGELPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 88
From South Ozone Park
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 6, 1970
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.