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GARY LEE FLECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 29, 1950 – June 26, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Fleck, of Niles, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 94
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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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Niles, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 94
- HALQUA DALE CLIBURNStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES ENDRESSSergeant · June 26, 1970
- JOHN ANGEL GARZACorporal · June 26, 1970
- CLARENCE GOBER JRPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JAMES BRAULTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 93
- DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 93
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS SILVIO VERGAMINIChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 97
From Niles
- BRUCE R JONESSergeant · August 10, 1961
- DAVID THOMAS ORWIG IIISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- DAVID ALEXANDER SEMERAROCorporal · July 20, 1969
- THOMAS DAVID CATLINSergeant · June 24, 1970
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.