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GARY GENE ZELLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 3, 1950 – April 2, 1971
Service recordGary Gene Zeller, of New Douglas, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 102
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1950
- Home of record
- New Douglas, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 102
- ARTHUR BESTStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
- RONALD RAY BLACKSMITHSpecialist Four · April 3, 1971
- WAYNE ROY BOROWSKICorporal · April 3, 1971
- HOWARD JAMES BOWER JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GLENN LEE HATAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 101
From New Douglas
- DENNIS RAYE HOOKSPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
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.