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GARY RAY LARGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1948 – March 11, 1970
Service recordGary Ray Large, of Commerce City, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 19 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP
- Born
- December 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Commerce City, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 112
- RODNEY GLENN HELSELCorporal · March 11, 1970
- ROGER DALE LEGGLance Corporal · March 11, 1970
- JOHN WALTER LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
From Commerce City
- JERRY G WINSLOWSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM G MENDENHALLSergeant · November 1, 1966
- WESLEY SHIMODAPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- STANLEY GENE MILLERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL MARKLE JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- VERE LOYD WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1968
- GERALD DAN GRAYSpecialist Four · April 20, 1970
- ALLEN ARTHUR MUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- PETER RICHARD MILLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1972
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.