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GARY LEE HISLE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1948 – May 23, 1969
Service recordGary Lee Hisle, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 85
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 85
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 1969
- GRAHAM HUGHESPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- HENRY DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- EDWARD HENRY KENNEDYSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
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.