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GARY OLIN SCHLAMP
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 22, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordGary Olin Schlamp, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 30
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
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 30
- RONALD SAPORITOPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM EMERSON SHAFFERSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WALLACE WILLIAM SHANEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH PARKER SHASTEENPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.