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GARY PAUL WORRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1948 – January 20, 1967
Service recordGary Paul Worrell, of Placerville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 60
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Placerville, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 60
- HIRAM ELI MARVIN WIGGINSStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1967
- EUGENE OGDEN CONLEYLieutenant Colonel · January 21, 1967
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- ALBERT BARCINAS DOYLESergeant · January 21, 1967
From Placerville
- DENNIS DALE KRAMERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- LAVERN OREN OENSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- MORTEN ARVID LIND JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · June 9, 1969
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.