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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