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ROY PHILLIP GARGUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1946 – June 4, 1969
Service recordRoy Phillip Gargus, of Lancaster, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 64
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 64
- THOMAS ANDREW GREISENSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- BENJAMIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- GERALD RAY HILLStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON HOPKINSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEIGH BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 61
- GREGORY GERALD FUCHSCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 63
- ROBERT LEE JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 65
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 67
- EDWIN FRANKLIN SHOLARWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 68
- GARY WILLIS SILMANCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 68
From Lancaster
- RONALD WAYNE MARRSSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JOE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · June 8, 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.