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GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLE
Master Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 31, 1922 – May 5, 1968
Service recordGerald William Fiegle, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 11
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
- Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- August 31, 1922
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 11
- JAMES DONAHUE FERGUSONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- MORRIS LAFOND FLEMINGPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JAMES PAUL FREEMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS GARTLANDLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 1970
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.