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DAVID LEE GILMOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1948 – December 16, 1970
Service recordDavid Lee Gilmor, of Placentia, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 125
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Intelligence Coordinator (97D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Placentia, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 125
- STARR FREDERICK FRYESpecialist Five · December 16, 1970
- VAL CLARK ROBINSONSergeant · December 16, 1970
- RONALD C WALTERSCorporal · December 16, 1970
- JOHN OWEN WARRENSergeant First Class · December 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JOHN DANNA JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 124
- GARY J FACULAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 124
- STARR FREDERICK FRYESpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 125
- FRED ALBERT WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 126
From Placentia
- MANUEL GRIJALVA CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- MACK LEE WOOLLEY JRSergeant · September 27, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH MAKUHSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS COOMERCorporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD SHERIDANFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · December 2, 1971
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.