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GARY EDWARD MARXMILLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1948 – August 13, 1969
Service recordGary Edward Marxmiller, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 32
- LESTER ALAN HANSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 13, 1969
- CHARLES CROCKETT MATTHEWSSergeant · August 13, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES MENDENHALLCorporal · August 13, 1969
- RICHARD MILLANLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.