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GARY WILLIAM DUDLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1950 – January 14, 1969
Service recordGary William Dudley, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 88
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 88
- EMIL E BOADOMajor · January 14, 1969
- JOSE BALLENTINE CAMPOSFireman · January 14, 1969
- DONALD EARL COLLIERPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- CHARLES NORMAN CORNMANPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 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.