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GERALD CARL CAPELLE
Captain · U.S. Army
December 23, 1934 – April 1, 1965
Service recordGerald Carl Capelle, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 99
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- ZLATKO M FAKINStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1965
- JERRY WAYNE OSBORNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1965
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ZLATKO M FAKINStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 99
From Fond Du Lac
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN KIMPELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- BLAKE HENRY HALFMANLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
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.