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DON RILEY GILBRETH
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1936 – September 14, 1971
Service recordDon Riley Gilbreth, of Van Nuys, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1971
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 16
- ROYSE WAYNE REHWALDSpecialist Four · September 13, 1971
- STANLEY RUFUS RHODESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1971
- HEINZ KURT ROESCHCaptain · September 14, 1971
- DIETER JAMES FISERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HEINZ KURT ROESCHCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 16
From Van Nuys
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LYNN MARGOLISPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES TOMLINSONLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE JESSE ENGLANDERSergeant First Class · May 2, 1968
- D LANCE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- NORMAN NORTHRO CUNNINGHAMMajor · September 24, 1968
- JOHN RODNEY NOBLECorporal · October 10, 1968
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.