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GARY WILSON YORK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 15, 1952 – January 31, 1972
Service recordGary Wilson York, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 103
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 15, 1952
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 103
- DONALD GERALD BAILEYCorporal · January 11, 1972
- PAUL G BASTCaptain · February 1, 1972
- DALE BURTON MOILANENSergeant · February 1, 1972
- CHARLES H STONEMajor · February 2, 1972
- JAMES J CRAWFORDCaptain · February 3, 1972
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.