Gurtler, Charles Ronald
Marines Lance corporal

Charles Ronald Gurtler, age 20, from Topeka, Kansas, Shawnee county.

Parents: Stepfather Gene L. Jenkins
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: East High, Seaman Rural High in Topeka (1963), Wichita State University, Pratt Junior College

Date of death: Thursday, April 21, 1966
Death details: Shot in the chest during an operation against hostile forces near Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Two weeks earlier, he sent his personal belongings to his mother and step father in preparation for his return.
Cemetery: Memorial Park in Topeka

Source: National Archives, Wichita Beacon (1966), findagrave.com