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DONALD WADE GILL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1950 – November 12, 1969
Service recordDonald Wade Gill JR, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 63
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 63
- JAMES EUGENE DENNANYColonel · November 12, 1969
- RALPH ELLIS DIASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- ROBERT PATRICK GALLAGHERCaptain · November 12, 1969
- PETER OSCAR HAJMANSergeant · November 12, 1969
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.