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GARY KOYLE DARRAH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1944 – June 1, 1968
Service recordGary Koyle Darrah, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 22
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 22
- BILLY EARL CLARKMaster Sergeant · June 1, 1968
- JERRY JEROME COLEPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MITCHELL PAULLIS CONELLYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 2
- JOSEPH CEPHUS KING JRCorporal · Panel 61W, Line 3
- MARTIN ROWLAND MANESSPrivate First Class · Panel 61W, Line 4
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.