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GARY WAYNE COKLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1944 – November 2, 1970
Service recordGary Wayne Cokley, of Pasco, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Pasco, Washington (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 34
- THOMAS RICHARD BRADYPrivate First Class · November 2, 1970
- KENNETH LAVERN BROWNSpecialist Five · November 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS JOHN CAMPBELLWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1970
- CARL DALTON COOPERSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
From Pasco
- JOE ALAN WHITBYSergeant · March 5, 1967
- GUY FRANKLIN BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- DUANE ROGER COTTINGHAMLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- JOHN JEREMIAH TILLPrivate · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JASPER H TRUSLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DAVID RAYMOND BRUCELance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · May 8, 1970
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 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.