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GARY WAYNE ENGELHARDT
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – October 17, 1970
Service recordGary Wayne Engelhardt, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 5
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 5
- WILBERT EARL JONESSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- WILLIAM MAX KOTNIKSergeant · October 17, 1970
- GUY LAMAR MEARS JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · October 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAMSEY BREGLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 4
- WILLIAM MAX KOTNIKSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 5
- JAMES JOSEPH QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 5
- JOHN CARL ZAGERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 6
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.