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GARY WAYNE GEAR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – May 20, 1970
Service recordGary Wayne Gear, of Fairfield, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 70
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairfield, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 70
- ROBERT LEE FOZZARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- KENNETH MERVIN GRAYCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH HAZARDCorporal · May 20, 1970
- THOMAS JOSH KELSO JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EMMET CAINCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 68
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETTCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- RALPH THOMAS MUELLERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 71
- TONY ROBERT WARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 73
From Fairfield
- DONALD LUCIAN BENNETTLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · February 17, 1968
- HEINZ RUCHTIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1968
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JOHN THIERYMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
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.