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DARRELL FREDERICK GASKINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1934 – June 11, 1967
Service recordDarrell Frederick Gaskins, of Vanceboro, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1934
- Home of record
- Vanceboro, North Carolina (Craven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 88
- JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY IIILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · June 11, 1967
- FRANK RUDOLPH FROST IIISenior Chief Petty Officer · June 11, 1967
- JOSE JESUS GONZALEZLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 86
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 87
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 88
- JAMES ROBERT HICKSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 89
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 90
- MANUEL GUALVERTO MONTALVOSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JOSEPH L PARKSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 91
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.