Gary Ray Schafer

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03 Oct 2005 This photo was taken at Marine Corps fire base, Camp Evans, summer 1967. We were all members of 1st Platoon, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. The Marine on the extreme right, Gary Schafer, from Maryland was killed in action on 9/21/67. He was a damn good Marine. Semper Fi, Robert E. Bliss USMC (Ret.) rbliss@hvc.rr.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 21 September 1967 the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, engaged NVA regulars in a ferocious battle just east of Con Thien a few kilometers south of the Demilitarized Zone. Thirty-three Marines and sailors died in the fighting, 11 of them from Golf 2/4: Sgt Charles W. Roberts, Alexandria, LA Cpl Richard A. Janigian, Beaverton, OR LCpl Willie Greene, Macon, GA LCpl John L. Harris, Baltimore, MD LCpl John H. Kavulak, Omaha, NE LCpl Juan A. Rodriguez, Corpus Christi, TX LCpl Gary R. Schafer, Bel Air, MD Pfc William J. Kildare, Ogallala, NE Pfc Robert S. Mueller, South Haven, MI Pfc Walter Sauer, Hinckley, OH Pfc Clarence D. Sheibley, Elliottsburg, PA

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