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GARY WILLIAM GARIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1944 – February 22, 1966
Service recordGary William Garis, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 60
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- LYNDSEY FRANK FONGERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- LEO FREDERICK KRUMBINEPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 59
- RICHARD HUGH CASSUBESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 59
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 60
- LEO FREDERICK KRUMBINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 60
- RALPH ARDEN MAXHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- RICARDO JAMES PEREZSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 62
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 62
- CLARENCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 63
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · June 16, 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.