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BILL EDGER GAULT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 1, 1941 – November 28, 1967
Service recordBill Edger Gault, of Newberry Springs, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 100
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Newberry Springs, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 100
- SAMUEL SILVER THERIAULTMaster Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE WOODENCorporal · November 27, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN CARAWAYPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GLENN CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 100
- JAMES BRANNON MEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 102
- DARRELL H MOREYCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 102
- WILLIAM THOMAS POSTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 102
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 1
- MINORU TANAKAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 1
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · Panel 31E, Line 2
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.