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GARY LYN CLAPP
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1949 – August 26, 1968
Service recordGary Lyn Clapp, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Ledge, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 27
- ROBERT GEORGE BULL IICaptain · August 26, 1968
- DUANE LORENZ BUSSELMANCorporal · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE CLARKEPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- THOMAS REINO LINDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
From Grand Ledge
- JOHN MELVIN DURHAMStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- LARRY DUANE LEITCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 1, 1970
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.