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GENE THOMAS GIETZEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1950 – May 21, 1969
Service recordGene Thomas Gietzen, of Glen Ullin, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 65
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Glen Ullin, North Dakota (Morton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; three 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 65
- DONNIE BIARUMSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CLYDE SAMPSON EVANSSpecialist Five · May 21, 1969
- LOUIS EARL FENCEROYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- PETER JOHN GLYNNPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.