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DAVID EUGENE GILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1941 – September 2, 1965
Service recordDavid Eugene Gill, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 73
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 73
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- GEORGE ALLEN ZELINKOPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
From Evansville
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 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.