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GARY STEVEN POSS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – October 5, 1969
Service recordGary Steven Poss, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 40
- GARCIA RAFAEL BERRIOSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS DAGRELLAPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- WILFORD LYNN DONOHOPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- HUBERT DANIEL SUTTONSpecialist Five · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARCIA RAFAEL BERRIOSPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 40
- BILLY LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 42
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.