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GARY WAYNE TAWNEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 12, 1949 – January 11, 1972
Service recordGary Wayne Tawney, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1972, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1972; four of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 96
- JAMES LOSPINUSOStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1972
- JOHN DAVID EDDYWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1972
- LEONARD HAYES MANTOOTH JRSergeant · January 11, 1972
- ROBERT WAYNE VEHLINGCaptain · January 11, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVID EDDYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 96
- LEONARD HAYES MANTOOTH JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 96
- ROBERT WAYNE VEHLINGCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 96
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 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.