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CHARLES DAVID GABRIEL
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
December 1, 1946 – January 6, 1967
Service recordCharles David Gabriel, of Palmer, Texas, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 6, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 118
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Palmer, Texas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 118
- THOMAS EDWARD TOWNSLEYPrivate · January 5, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- TONY EVERETTPrivate First Class · January 6, 1967
- JOHN CARL GRESENSLance Corporal · January 6, 1967
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.