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GARY WAYNE HOLBROOK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 7, 1946 – February 7, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Holbrook, of Trenton, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 84
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Trenton, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 84
- JERRY WAYNE GLEGHORNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- RODNEY GENE HINTONHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HOLTMaster Sergeant · February 7, 1968
From Trenton
- CHARLES BOYD WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1966
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
- PATRICK JAMES MCKINLEYLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- LOUIS WADE CUSSINSLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 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.