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GARRY HAROLD LINDER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1945 – May 11, 1966
Service recordGarry Harold Linder, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- April 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 49
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- ROGER D MANNSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK OTTOSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 48
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.