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GUSTAVE FRANKLIN GUDLESKE
Captain · U.S. Army
October 8, 1936 – August 1, 1967
Service recordGustave Franklin Gudleske, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 8, 1936
- Home of record
- Rhinelander, Wisconsin (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 60
- JOHN ANDREW DONNALLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT ELMOREPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- DOUGLAS M FRANKLINSergeant · August 1, 1967
- ALVIN MAYNARD GOODWINLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
From Rhinelander
- ROBERT JOHN DAVIESAirman · July 29, 1967
- RICHARD ALFRED ROESLERPetty Officer Second Class · June 4, 1968
- WILHELM S HURKMANS JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.