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GARY WAYNE WITHERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 9, 1951 – August 29, 1969
Service recordGary Wayne Withers, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 9
- JACK ERVIN SCHOBERCaptain · August 29, 1969
- GERALD ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- JERRY ALLEN ZIMMERCaptain · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM T CHAFFIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 5
- JACKIE CLYDE DEHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 6
- RALPH DONALD GODFROYSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 6
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.