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ALAN DALE GILBERTSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 27, 1950 – April 3, 1971
Service recordAlan Dale Gilbertson, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 103
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1950
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 103
- GARY BUTTStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
- RAYFORD HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · April 3, 1971
- ROBERT JESSE KISERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
- KENNETH ARTHUR THOMASONStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.