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GARY WAYNE EVERETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1948 – December 22, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Everett, of Athens, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Athens, Texas (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 62
- DONALD IGNATIUS CULSHAWSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- JAMES FERRELL FLETCHERHospitalman · December 22, 1968
- GARRY MICHAEL FORKUMSergeant · December 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JUSTIN KENNETH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 60
- RICHARD GEORGE BARNARDSergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 61
- RICHARD THOMAS CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 61
- DONALD IGNATIUS CULSHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 62
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 62
- DONALD GEORGE BOUSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 63
- CHARLES PHILLIP GLENNPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 63
- THOMAS LEE GOODALESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 63
- MANUEL DOMINIC MADRUGAFirst Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 64
- HENRY EUGENE MAULPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 64
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 64
- EDWARD ARNOLD MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 65
- DIONISIO SANCHEZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 65
- ERNEST JAMES STIDHAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 66
- WILLIE JAMES TATESpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 66
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- TERRY J WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 66
- ALBERT GREEN WINGFIELD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 66
- LEWIS CURTIS WUESTENBERGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 67
From Athens
- KEITH WESLEY ALLENPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- EDWARD MERLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPetty Officer First Class · March 8, 1970
- THOMAS STOKES POWELLCaptain · April 19, 1972
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.