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GARY WAYNE STERN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1948 – July 21, 1967
Service recordGary Wayne Stern, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 104
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 104
- BILLY GENE RODGERSPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- CARL EDWARD RYDERLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- PONDER RAY SIMSFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FREEMAN COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
From Indiana
- HAROLD ALAN PREISENDEFERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- ROBERT LEO BABULAStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- ROBERT EARL KLINEColonel · November 2, 1966
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS OLESNANIKCorporal · January 11, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- TERRY LOUIS FYOCKSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- WALTER PAUL BEMPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- ANDREW ANTHONY HORCHAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 9, 1970
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.