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GARY WILLIAM LINK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1945 – June 14, 1968
Service recordGary William Link, of Tawas City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 19
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Tawas City, Michigan (Iosco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 19
- JASPER ELLISON JRPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- STUART OTIS KIEFERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- GERALD EDWARD KORSONLance Corporal · June 14, 1968
- HAROLD SPENCER LOCKWOODPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
From Tawas City
- JIMMIE WALKER YOUNGSPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- DONALD NORMAN ALBERTSONPrivate · November 11, 1968
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.