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DANNY LYNN GILSTRAP
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1945 – February 22, 1968
Service recordDanny Lynn Gilstrap, of Sherman, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 62
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 62
- GREGORY WILLIAM FISCHERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- JULIUS CARTWRIGHT FOSTERLance Corporal · February 22, 1968
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EDWARD W GEROSpecialist Five · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM E G BOBBITTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 57
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 61
- JAN DEAN DOXEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 61
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 62
- EDWARD W GEROSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 62
- RONALD LEE HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 63
- KENNETH WAYNE ROCHESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 64
- THOMAS EARL WHITAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 70
From Sherman
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LEONARD LEROY BEVELSSergeant · November 23, 1967
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
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.