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GARY GRANT LAMB
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – September 22, 1969
Service recordGary Grant Lamb, of Beaverton, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1969, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 125
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Beaverton, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 125
- FRED EDWARD GOLDCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HAGER JRCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS HENSLEYCorporal · September 22, 1969
- JOSHUA B STEWARTSpecialist Five · March 15, 1973
From Beaverton
- GERD FRANZ SEELIGSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JANIGIANCorporal · September 21, 1967
- GARY ROBERT KORSMYERSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- TERRY LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- JAMES ELMER MCWHORTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1969
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.