Private First Class Gary Regan Fox was born on May 14, 1945, and was originally from Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He served his country in the Vietnam War in the United States Army, as an automatic weapons crewman in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery, I Field Force. He was a one-year veteran of the Army when his tour in Vietnam began on October 20, 1966. Six months later, on April 20, 1967, PFC Fox was killed under hostile conditions from artillery fire in Quang Tri province, South Vietnam; he was 21 years old at the time of his death. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart medal. PFC Fox is buried at White Oak Flats Cemetery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and is memorialized on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Panel 18E, Line 53.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 14 May 1945
- Date of death: 20 April 1967
- County: Sevier
- Hometown: Gatlinburg
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 44th Artillery Regiment
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: White Oak Flats Cemetery, Gatlinburg, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Top Panel
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