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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gunther H Rehling.

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GUNTHER H REHLING

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

September 19, 1936 – September 6, 1969

Service record

Gunther H Rehling, of Oakdale, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 6, 1969, in Thailand, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 18W · Line 50

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
September 19, 1936
Home of record
Oakdale, California (Stanislaus County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 6, 1969
Age
32
Country
Thailand
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

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What was happening

35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.

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Also on Panel 18W, Line 50

From Oakdale

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.