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GARY CARL FASSEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – May 27, 1969
Service recordGary Carl Fassel, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 116
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 116
- GARY KENT SMITHPrivate · May 26, 1969
- RICHARD LEIGH COXPetty Officer Third Class · May 27, 1969
- CHARLES DWAYNE ERVINPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- CHARLES CLINTON FLEEKSergeant · May 27, 1969
- GARY RICHARD GUESTCorporal · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 24W, Line 115
- JAMES PATRICK FRANCISStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 117
- KEITH EDWARD GIBSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- MATTHEW T LOZANO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 2
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 3
- HAROLD JAMES WARMSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 4
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.