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EUGENE GASTELUM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1949 – May 2, 1969
Service recordEugene Gastelum, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 99
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 99
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- BRUCE ELLIOTT FUNKLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- GARY EARL HOLTZCLAWFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- LARRY EUGENE KIGARSergeant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE KIGARSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 99
- GLENN RODNEY MEARNSCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 102
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.