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GARY VARNER ORSLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1948 – July 29, 1968
Service recordGary Varner Orsland, of Branson, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 32
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
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Branson, Colorado (Las Animas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 32
- WILLIAM LARRY PEMBERTONCorporal · July 29, 1968
- LUTHER MANLEY SEXTON JRSpecialist Six · July 29, 1968
- PAUL SHIREMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- ROBERT CARROLL SMITHCorporal · July 29, 1968
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.