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CHARLES RONALD GURTLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1945 – April 21, 1966
Service recordCharles Ronald Gurtler, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 126
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 126
- MICHAEL WAYNE HEUERSeaman · April 21, 1966
- JACK ELMER KELLERCaptain · April 21, 1966
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate · April 21, 1966
- FREDRICK WAYNE MILLERCorporal · April 21, 1966
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.