Born on November 13, 1946, in St. Catharines, Canada, Gary was the son of Lawrence J. More and Betty K. More. He entered service (Selective Service) in the US Marine Corps on May 12, 1969, in Detroit. Upon completion of Basic and Infantry Training, he arrived for duty in Vietnam on November 29, 1969, where he was assigned to and served with CAP 2-3-1, CACO 2-3, 2D Combined Acton Group, III MAF.
CAPs (Combined Action Platoon) were units where Marines would live, train, and patrol with local Vietnamese PFs (Popular Forces) in their villages and who were little more than armed civilians. A squad of Marines would be assigned to villages that had a high enemy presence, to instill the fighting spirit in the local PFs so they can protect their families and fellow citizens against their enemy, the Viet Cong and NVA.
On August 30, three grenades were thrown into the Combined Acton Platoon’s patrol base located 500 meters east of the Dien Ban District Headquarters in Quang Nam Province. Two Marines and their US Navy Corpsman were wounded by the explosions and were evacuated for medical treatment. One of the casualties was Sgt Gary More, who died later the same day at the 95th Evacuation Hospital in DaNang as a result of the multiple fragmentation wounds he sustained.
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