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Oregon Veteran Profile

Larry Gilbert Dahl

Personal Details
Born:
June 10, 1949, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon
Died:
February 23, 1971, Republic Of Vietnam
Buried:
Willamette National Cemetery (Mh) (S-3512), Portland, Oregon
Military Service
Conflict:
Vietnam War
Branch:
June 10, 1949, Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon
Rank:
Specialist Fourth Class
Unit:
359th Transportation Company, 27th Transportation Battalion, U.S. Army Support Command
Enlistment:
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Equipment:
M54 5-ton Armored Truck named Brutus
Citation
Citation:
Medal of Honor
Posthumous?:
Yes (KIA)
Action Date:
February 23, 1971
Action Place:
An Khe, Binh Dinh Province, Republic Of Vietnam
Presentation:
August 8, 1974. Presented At The Blair House By Vice President Gerald R. Ford To Larry Dahl's Family
Larry G. Dahl Spec. 4th Class
Larry G. Dahl memorial, Oregon City

Larry Gilbert Dahl of Oregon City and Portland, was a Spec. 4th Class in the 359th Transportation Company, 27th Transportation Battalion, 8th Transportation Group. He was assigned as a machine gunner on a gun truck and killed in action after throwing himself on a hand grenade in order to save two of his brothers in arms during an action near An Khe, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam, on 23 February 1971. For his selfless act of heroism, Dahl was awarded the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor. Dahl is dutifully honored in monuments at the Freedoms Foundation Medal of Honor Grove at Valley Forge and in the Clackamas County Historical Society Museum.