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JOHN VINCENT GRESSEL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 21, 1946 – July 29, 1968
Service recordJohn Vincent Gressel, of Dowagiac, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 30
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Dowagiac, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 30
- DONALD JOSEPH GREENECorporal · July 29, 1968
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · July 29, 1968
- SOLOMON LEARYCorporal · July 29, 1968
- PHILIP MARASCOPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- JEFFREY LEA MARTINSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOHN DAVIES JRSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 29
- CARLOS GARCIA MUNOZCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 31
- DOUGLAS GORDON ORVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 31
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 31
- TERRY ALAN ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 31
From Dowagiac
- ROBERT LEE WENGERCorporal · July 23, 1966
- JOHN WALLACE EDGERLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- JOHN RANDOLPH HUSCHERSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JEFFERY H HALLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- WILLIAM R STOLLEY JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1969
- MICHAEL BRUCE FIRSTPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.