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Garry Gitzen Collection (2433) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 24330000000
Title
Finding Aid
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 04 December 2012
Other: Majority of material found within 01 April 1968 - 06 April 1969
Scope and Contents
Approximately half a linear foot of slides and photographs document Garry Gitzen's service in Vietnam with the 665th Transportation Detachment of the 361st Aviation Company, April 1968 - April 1969.
Biographical / Historical
Garry Gitzen was born in 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the Army in 1967 and served 1 year, 10 months. He was assigned to the 361st Aviation/665th Transportation as a records clerk and served 1 year in Di An and Pleiku, Vietnam. Mr. Gitzen held the ranks of E4 and E5 during his service in Vietnam and was awarded the VN Service Medal. He was discharged from the Army as an E5 on April 6, 1969. After his service, Mr. Gitzen attended college and earned an MA in Business Administration.
33
Photographs
VA065892-VA065924 - 33 black and white and color photographs showing Pleiku, 361st Aviation Company HQ, etc
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203
Slides
VAS065955-VAS066157 - 202 slides documenting Garry Gitzen's tour of Vietnam, April 1968 - April 1969
Click to view all Slides

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=24330000000

Citation
Garry Gitzen Collection (2433) Finding Aid, Garry Gitzen Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=24330000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
24330000000, Garry Gitzen Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 03 Dec 2012 [Updated: 21 Apr 2020]