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DONALD CHARLES GILLETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1945 – March 10, 1969
Service recordDonald Charles Gillett, of Lake Arthur, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 101
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake Arthur, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 101
- WARREN LARUE LONGMajor · March 8, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE GAYERSergeant · March 10, 1969
- ARTHUR GEORGE-PIZARROSergeant · March 10, 1969
- JOHN PETER GUTTMANN JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE RAUSCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 2
From Lake Arthur
- GARLAND DAVE BENOITCorporal · March 18, 1970
- HAROLD JAMES HARTWELLPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 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.