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GARY LYLE KESTLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1947 – May 28, 1968
Service recordGary Lyle Kestler, of Oregon City, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Oregon City, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 11
- RANDY S HUBERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH JONES JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- PAUL JEROME KOHLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- RALPH JOSEPH LUEBBERS JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
From Oregon City
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DWIGHT HAYESSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DONALD DEAN BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
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.