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GARY STUART POSCOVER
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 4, 1946 – February 2, 1968
Service recordGary Stuart Poscover, of University City, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 82
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1946
- Home of record
- University City, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 82
- ROY LEE PHILLIPSCorporal · February 2, 1968
- WILMER POTTSCorporal · February 2, 1968
- HUBERT PRICE JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- JOE HAROLD PRINGLESergeant Major · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 65
- IRVIN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 66
- ROBERT L CHAPMANPrivate · Panel 36E, Line 67
- QUENTIN WAYNE BINDERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 70
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 71
- KENNETH EDWARD GOLDENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 72
- GUY RICHARD HIVELYSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 74
- FRED WALTER JANSONIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 74
- DOUGLAS EDWARD HOBACKCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 75
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 75
- RALPH AINSWORTH KEATINGPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 75
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 76
- ELOY FELIPE ESTE LEBLANCCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 77
- ROBERT ANTONIO REYESPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 77
- ROY LEE PHILLIPSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- VINCENT P LANDONCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 83
- SELMER ERNEST SALVESONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 86
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 86
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 87
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 2
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 2
From University City
- M J SAVOYAirman · June 17, 1966
- ALLEN SHELDON CHERRYCaptain · August 9, 1967
- PETER ANTHONY SCHRADERCorporal · November 9, 1967
- RONNIE LEE HAWKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID CHORLINSCaptain · January 11, 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.