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GARY WILLIAM BRAASCH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1943 – October 7, 1966
Service recordGary William Braasch, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 55
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES BROCKMANNSecond Lieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN CANOVAPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ORMAN LEE CROSSLEY JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.