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LARRY MICHAEL GASSNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – May 31, 1970
Service recordLarry Michael Gassner, of Blodgett, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Blodgett, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 124
- THOMAS STEVEN LIPPSergeant · May 30, 1970
- ROBERT SIDNEY DUNBARCorporal · May 31, 1970
- HAROLD JOSEPH FORDCorporal · May 31, 1970
- JAMES DONALD GRIFFINWarrant Officer 1 · May 31, 1970
- JOHN LEONARD GRIMESSergeant · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PETER DASTOLICorporal · Panel 10W, Line 123
- JOHN LEONARD GRIMESSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 124
From Blodgett
- BRUCE MAYO MCCLELLANSpecialist Five · August 26, 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.