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LARRY HOWARD GIFFORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordLarry Howard Gifford, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 8
- CLIFFRED MELVIN EVANSSergeant · June 9, 1968
- CLIFFORD EUGENE FORD JRLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE FULLERLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- MERVIN DENNIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.