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DAVID ARTHUR GILBERT
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 22, 1941 – October 17, 1966
Service recordDavid Arthur Gilbert, of Montoursville, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 17, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 82
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- August 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Montoursville, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 82
- WILLIAM M HUBERTYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- KENNETH JOHN IVORYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- EDWARD JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
From Montoursville
- DENNIS JOHN BULLOCKSeaman · September 11, 1970
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.