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MICHAEL ARTHUR GEHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1949 – March 23, 1969
Service recordMichael Arthur Gehl, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 18
- STEVEN ALLEN BELLLance Corporal · March 23, 1969
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- HOWARD KIM FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISMajor · May 2, 1975
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY EUGENE NEWMANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 20
- LOUIS BERNARD WANER IISpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 20
- ANDREW LEE PRESLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 21
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.