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GREGORY CHARLES ENGEL
Captain · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – July 24, 1969
Service recordGregory Charles Engel, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 39
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 39
- LOUIS J GENESEOCaptain · July 24, 1969
- ROBERT LEE GLASGOWSpecialist Four · July 24, 1969
- STEVEN JAMES GRECOLance Corporal · July 24, 1969
- THEODORE E GRENSBACK JRLance Corporal · July 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS M BEVERLYSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 38
- JAMES DALE EARNESTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 38
- ROBERT LEE GLASGOWSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 39
- JOHN PHELEN ROECaptain · Panel 20W, Line 41
- ROBERT JOSEPH WHITESSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 42
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 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.