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GARY JAMES FIEDLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1950 – April 5, 1971
Service recordGary James Fiedler, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 108
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 108
- RICHARD LEWIS DANIELSPetty Officer Second Class ·
- PAUL PHILIP CABESergeant · April 5, 1971
- RAY GLEN DESMONDSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
- DAVID BARTLETT FITZGERALDMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1971
- ARTHUR GLASSMaster Sergeant · April 5, 1971
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 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.