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GERALD CAIN STELLE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1946 – June 13, 1967
Service recordGerald Cain Stelle, of Temple City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Temple City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 99
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- TOMMY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- BYRON MORROW SPEERSecond Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
From Temple City
- SAMUEL DON DANNAPrivate · November 13, 1966
- PAUL BRUCE SEVERLOHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- DOUGLAS ALAN ROSSSergeant · January 22, 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.