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GARRY LEE KUBLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1948 – April 18, 1969
Service recordGarry Lee Kubler, of Lodi, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Lodi, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 109
- JERRY DANIEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT LOY HUMPHREYCorporal · April 18, 1969
- LLOYD WESLEY JONESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- DANIEL MICHAEL LEAHYSecond Lieutenant · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY DANIEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 109
From Lodi
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MARK EDWARD HODELConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JRSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JRCorporal · March 8, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
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.