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GARY ROBERT STAHLECKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1949 – June 11, 1969
Service recordGary Robert Stahlecker, of West Henrietta, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- West Henrietta, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 28
- DOUGLAS LEE STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- JAMES CLARENCE STRUBECorporal · June 11, 1969
- TERRY LEE THORNTONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- BRUCE HAROLD TIBBETTSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
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.