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JAMES LLOYD GIEGEL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1949 – May 26, 1970
Service recordJames Lloyd Giegel, of Wyckoff, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 CA CO 2 CA GRP COM ACT 3 MAF
- Born
- June 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Wyckoff, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 102
- DAVID JOSE GARCIASergeant · May 26, 1970
- MONTE LEROY GATESSergeant · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOSSELINLance Corporal · May 26, 1970
- BRUCE ELLIOT GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · May 26, 1970
From Wyckoff
- JOHN ARTHUR GRINERLieutenant · February 9, 1970
- ROBERT NICHOLAS VENNIKStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1971
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.