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DWIGHT ONEAL GILSTRAP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1947 – April 28, 1967
Service recordDwight Oneal Gilstrap, of Pickens, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 108
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Pickens, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 108
- ROGER EARL GOFFPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENLEECorporal · April 28, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD SNOCKLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID CIRUTIPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 106
- ROGER EARL GOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 108
- JOSE L MARTINEZ-FELICIANOSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 110
From Pickens
- CHARLES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · June 24, 1966
- LEE LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- CLIFTON RANDAL JONESLance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
- EPHRIAM RUTLEDGE LILES IIWarrant Officer 1 · July 4, 1969
- JOE DAVID WRIGHTCorporal · December 15, 1969
- WOODROW BEAL CHASTAINSpecialist Four · August 15, 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.