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GARY ERNEST EICHELER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – January 3, 1970
Service recordGary Ernest Eicheler, of Seville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 121
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Seville, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 121
- DENNIS ERWIN DEBNERWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1970
- ROBERT CARROL WRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · January 2, 1970
- GARY LYNN DAVISCorporal · January 3, 1970
- RICHARD TERRANCE DEROSIERWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ARTHUR JENNIGESSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 122
- CLAUDE ARTHUR KNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 122
- MATTHEW PETER ROCHE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 123
From Seville
- RUSSEL HOWARD HEWIT JRSpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
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.