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GARY ROBERT KIESELBURG
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – May 6, 1970
Service recordGary Robert Kieselburg, of Harvard, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 116
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Harvard, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 116
- MICKEY DON PEARSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- CHARLES W PHILLIPS JRSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- ROBERT LITTLETON PHILLIPSCaptain · May 6, 1970
- CLIFFORD EARL POE JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 6, 1970
From Harvard
- LESTER ERWIN BECKERPrivate First Class · November 30, 1965
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.