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GUY MARCEL INKEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1948 – August 26, 1969
Service recordGuy Marcel Inkel, of Beecher Falls, Vermont, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 120
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Beecher Falls, Vermont (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 120
- VERLON DONALD KING JRPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- JIMMY TONY MORRISPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WAYNE MUSKETTLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARDNER JOHN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 117
- JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 118
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.