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GARY ROBERT KORSMYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – September 3, 1968
Service recordGary Robert Korsmyer, of Beaverton, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Beaverton, Oregon (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 33
- THOMAS DUFAUX KESTERSergeant · September 3, 1968
- STEWART ARTHUR MELNICKFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · September 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE PINKARDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVID JRSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 31
- THOMAS DUFAUX KESTERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 33
- STEWART ARTHUR MELNICKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45W, Line 33
- RONALD WAYNE NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 33
- MARC EDWARD SNELLSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 34
From Beaverton
- GERD FRANZ SEELIGSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JANIGIANCorporal · September 21, 1967
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- TERRY LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · January 6, 1969
- JAMES ELMER MCWHORTERLance Corporal · August 22, 1969
- GARY GRANT LAMBWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1969
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD JAMES HILLSpecialist Five · November 14, 1970
- SCOTT WILLIAM WAYTSpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.