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GARY WESLEY RUNK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 11, 1947 – January 5, 1968
Service recordGary Wesley Runk, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 52
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- BOBBY RAY RODGERSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- FRANCIS PAUL RYBAKSecond Lieutenant · January 5, 1968
- JOSEPH SMALLSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 45
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 47
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 48
- ALVIN SAMUEL JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 49
- FLORIAN HENRY KUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
- LAFON WINSTON LADSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
From Gettysburg
- RAYMOND ELLISLieutenant · September 30, 1965
- LARRY LEROY HESSSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES HOLOKACorporal · July 22, 1966
- ROBERT LESTER KESSELLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- RICHARD MARTIN SIETZPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN RIEGELPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- LARRY THOMAS BRENTSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- GERARD JUDE SANDERSLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RALPH BURTON MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1970
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 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.