PEIL GARY E

CPT Gary E. Peil was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 05/01/1969 at the age of 30.4 (Exact date not known.) from Plane Crash
Date of Birth 11/21/1938
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps
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More detail on this person: Rites Pending for Gary Peil; Ex-Omahan Killed in Crash Funeral services are pending at Burbank, Cal., for Marine Capt. Gary E. Peil, 30, a former Omahan who was killed in an airplane crash near Holly Ridge, N.C. Also killed in the crash of the Bronco twin-engine turbo jet was 1st Lt. Thomas D. Wilson, 26, of Jacksonville, N.C., the aerial observer. Captain Peil was the pilot. The Marine Corps said the men, stationed at the Marine Air Station at New River, N.C., were on a routine observation training flight. An investigation was ordered. Captain Peil was a graduate of North High School and attended the University of Omaha. He entered the service in 1960. He received the Gold Star in 1965 for combat missions flown while serving on the carrier Oriskany in the South China Sea. Survivors include his wife Helen and daughter Andrea, 17 months, of Burbank.

Burial information: Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA

This information was last updated 03/23/2020

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024