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LARRY JAMES GAMMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1951 – May 18, 1971
Service recordLarry James Gammon, of Benton, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 40
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Benton, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1971; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 40
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GEORGESpecialist Four · May 18, 1971
- GARY LYNN HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Five · May 18, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD TORRENCELieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1971
- RICHARD LORDY BARBEESergeant · May 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GEORGESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 40
From Benton
- KENNETH WAYNE TATESergeant · September 9, 1967
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.