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GERALD LLOYD FOELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1947 – June 3, 1967
Service recordGerald Lloyd Foell, of Plymouth, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 47
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 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 47
- DARREL LEROY HOVENDENCorporal · June 3, 1967
- GEORGE HARRY JOHNSONCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOSEPH THOMAS KEARNS JRLieutenant Colonel · June 3, 1967
- STRAUGHAN D KELSEY JRSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1967
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.