GARY KOYLE DARRAH

Battery B 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/01/1968

 

 

Age: 23
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Sep 29, 1944
From: LOS ANGELES, CA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single
Age at Loss: 23
SGT - E5 - Army - Selective Service
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Sergeant
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 76S20: Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Feb 28, 1968
Casualty was on Jun 1, 1968
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered

Panel 62W - Line 22

 

Gary Darrah was a Vehicle Material Supply Specialst, his tour began on February 28, 1968.
He died along with two of his friends during an enemy rocket and mortar barrage
at FSB Brillo Pad, grid reference YA963885, approximately 10 kilometers southwest
of Polei Kleng airfield.

 

 

 

SGT Gary K. Darrah's decorations

 

 

 

Burial:
Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park
North Hollywood
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum Park G Lot 432 space 19

 

Grave marker for Gary K. Darrah

 

Photo by Jim Shafer from the Find A Grave website

 

 

 

Top photo by Jerry R Keller from the Find A Grave website

 

 

 

 

 

 


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