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GARY WAYNE DOOLITTLE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 16, 1940 – October 18, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Doolittle, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 71
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 571 MED DET USARV
- Born
- August 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 71
- JOHN CHARLES YATESSecond Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
- BENITO V ALANIZCorporal · October 18, 1968
- CYRIL ANTHONY ALVERAZSergeant · October 18, 1968
- WILLARD LEE ARNTZStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.