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WEDEN GARY HUMPHREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – February 1, 1968
Service recordWeden Gary Humphrey, of Camarillo, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Camarillo, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 52
- EDDIE GRAY HUFFMANSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- JOHN PETER HYLANDPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1968
- LEROY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT EARL JOHNSTON JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LESTER CONWAYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 48
- FRANCIS LEKIRKLAS GRIFFINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36E, Line 49
- TOMMY GERALD SANDEFURChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36E, Line 59
From Camarillo
- LEWIS ALBERT KIMMEL JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · July 4, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.