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GARRY LYNN IHRIG
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1947 – November 26, 1967
Service recordGarry Lynn Ihrig, of Parkville, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Parkville, Missouri (Platte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 92
- CECIL DWIGHT LAMMCorporal · November 26, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK LIROTPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- JIMMY CLIFTON MATHISHospitalman · November 26, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD MELVINCorporal · November 26, 1967
From Parkville
- FREDERICK CHARLES SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
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.