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KURT WILLIAM GAREISS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 15, 1936 – February 24, 1965
Service recordKurt William Gareiss, of Annapolis, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 24, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 15, 1936
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1965; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 94
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR STARLEYSergeant First Class · February 22, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
From Annapolis
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JAMES S MACVICKAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- PAUL AUSTIN LEONARDPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER KEARNEY WARDCaptain · February 16, 1968
- CARLISLE OGDEN WARK JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
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.