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GARY STEVEN VANN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 22, 1946 – May 18, 1969
Service recordGary Steven Vann, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 18, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 51
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
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 51
- JOHN M VOLLMERHAUSEN JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH WANNERStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- JOSEPH JEREMIAH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JOHN CLARENCE WILLIAMSONMajor · May 18, 1969
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.