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GREGARY ALAN WILKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1950 – October 24, 1970
Service recordGregary Alan Wilks, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 20
- JEFFREY MICHAEL SHAWStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1970
- DENNIS CHARLES CANNANPrivate First Class · October 25, 1970
- ZANE CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1970
- MANUEL DELEON DOMINESergeant · October 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL WESLEY MULDERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- CARTER PARKER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- MICHAEL HARRELD PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 19
- JEFFREY MICHAEL SHAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 20
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.