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STEPHEN LOUIS GARI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1951 – August 28, 1971
Service recordStephen Louis Gari, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 4
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 5, 1951
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In August 1971, 116 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 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 4
- ROBERT ALLEN BEAVERSSpecialist Five · August 28, 1971
- WILLARD J BOUCHARD JRPrivate · August 28, 1971
- FRANK LEON BROWNINGPrivate · August 28, 1971
- DENNIS BUCKLEWWarrant Officer 1 · August 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD J BOUCHARD JRPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 4
- FRANK LEON BROWNINGPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 4
- CURTIS LEE NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 5
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.