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Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969.
Marine UH-1Es at Fire Support Base Cunningham during Operation Dewey Canyon, January 1969. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gary Keith More.

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GARY KEITH MORE

Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps

November 13, 1946 – August 30, 1970

Service record

Gary Keith More, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 7W · Line 24

Position of Panel 7W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Born
November 13, 1946
Home of record
Sterling Heights, Michigan (Macomb County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 30, 1970
Age
23
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

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Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 7W, Line 24

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.