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LARRY ALLEN GATLIFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1950 – July 23, 1970
Service recordLarry Allen Gatliff, of Lebanon, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 46
- PAUL LINN HAININGPrivate First Class · July 23, 1970
- ANDRE CAVARO LUCASLieutenant Colonel · July 23, 1970
- BERTRAND C MEDINE JRSpecialist Four · July 23, 1970
- TERRY LEE MERRITTSpecialist Four · July 23, 1970
From Lebanon
- ARDEN KEITH HASSENGERChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- DANIEL FRENCHY DEBUTTSPlatoon Sergeant · July 11, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL SALISBURYPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- LONNIE DEAN MOORECorporal · June 3, 1969
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- DOUGLAS RAYMOND ULMSergeant · June 2, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES SCHUMACHERSergeant · March 28, 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.