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ERNEST ULRIC GAMELIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – October 23, 1968
Service recordErnest Ulric Gamelin JR, of Suncook, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 24
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
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Suncook, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 24
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- RICHARD LYON EDWARDSCaptain · October 23, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ROBERT MICHAEL CROSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 23
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 24
- ROBERT ALBERT HAGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 24
- JOHN THOMAS REILLYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 25
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.