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DAVID ROYDEN GILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1946 – June 23, 1969
Service recordDavid Royden Gill, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 119
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 119
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- ANSON THORNE GERONZIN JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE GRAYSergeant · June 23, 1969
- STEVE HATHAWAYSergeant · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LOUIS BISHOPSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 116
- MARVIN MELTON BURNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 117
- MICHAEL FORBESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 118
- CHARLES HENRY KELLER IICaptain · Panel 22W, Line 121
- FRANKLIN W UNDERWOOD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.