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GARY LAVERN SANGSTER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1944 – June 20, 1966
Service recordGary Lavern Sangster, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 69
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO D BN 11 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 69
- DONALD FRANK SCHMIDTCaptain · June 20, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- MARC ANTHONY SIVATTAPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.