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GARY WILLIAM PLANTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – May 16, 1969
Service recordGary William Plante, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 26
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1969. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 26
- ROGER WILLIAM PEDUESergeant · May 16, 1969
- DENIS GORDON SCHMIDTSpecialist Five · May 16, 1969
- JOSEPH VINCENT SCHMIDTSergeant · May 16, 1969
- GEORGE DOLBRYN THOMASLance Corporal · May 16, 1969
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
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.