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DAVID JULIAN GIER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1946 – March 13, 1966
Service recordDavid Julian Gier, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 13, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Range Coach (8531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 5
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- MARSHALL IRVIN PAULEYChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- EDWARD DAVIS PIERCECaptain · March 13, 1966
- ROBERT ANDREW STREETSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.