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GREGORY LAMAR FLECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – May 9, 1969
Service recordGregory Lamar Fleck, of Andrews, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Andrews, Indiana (Huntington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 29
- BOBBY GENE BARBRESpecialist Four · May 8, 1969
- GEORGE THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
- JIMMY LYNN HENRYCorporal · May 9, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL HENSONPrivate · May 9, 1969
- MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT ALLAN WHITTLECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 34
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.