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GARY WILLIAM PAINTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1948 – February 28, 1968
Service recordGary William Painter, of Smyrna, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 70
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
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Smyrna, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 70
- MARC WAYNE MCCABESergeant · February 28, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD PARSONSSergeant · February 28, 1968
- JUANITO PEREASpecialist Six · February 28, 1968
- DALLIS PERRYMANTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
From Smyrna
- TROY DAVID PAYNE JRCorporal · April 26, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE WOODPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES LARRY WESTSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- FRED BUFFINGTONLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- WILBUR LAWRENCE MILAM IIIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- RONALD HERBERT HOWARDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT GLENNSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
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.