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GARY ROBERT DAFFIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1949 – September 16, 1968
Service recordGary Robert Daffin, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 3
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 3
- EDWARD CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL DEMANUELESergeant · September 16, 1968
- BILLY RAY DENTSergeant · September 16, 1968
- MICHAEL HUBERT DESCHENESPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.