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FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – February 15, 1969
Service recordFranklin Bradley Gilbert, of Havre De Grace, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Havre De Grace, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 37
- ERSKINE LOGAN CRUMPPrivate · February 15, 1969
- CLARENCE WILSON DUNBARSergeant First Class · February 15, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- BILL W GENTRYLance Corporal · February 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERSKINE LOGAN CRUMPPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 37
- JAMES THOMAS FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 37
- THOMAS SCOTT HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 38
- FRANCIS KENNETH KULBATSKICorporal · Panel 32W, Line 38
- DENNIS COLE NORTHSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 39
- WILLIAM STEVEN RIGGSCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 40
- HAROLD RAY TYSONSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 40
From Havre De Grace
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ROGER BERTHA MILLSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- RAYMOND R HITCHCOCK JRSergeant · June 24, 1968
- STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- RONALD ANTHONY SPUDISSpecialist Four · December 11, 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.