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GARY THOMAS MARBUTT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1945 – July 16, 1967
Service recordGary Thomas Marbutt, of Summerville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 16, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 80
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Summerville, Georgia (Chattooga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 80
- ANDREW M HOVANCIK JRSergeant · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- ROBERT WALTER JOOSTENHospitalman · July 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MERRIMANPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE FRANCIS REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 81
From Summerville
- VERNON DAVEY SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
- BENNY RAY DUPREEPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
- JIMMY RALPH PATRICKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1969
- LARRY WADE DUKESergeant · March 10, 1970
- CHARLES DAVID DODDSpecialist Four · November 6, 1971
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.