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FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1941 – February 28, 1966
Service recordFranklin Delano R Gilbert, of Orange, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 85
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 85
- WARREN LEE CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- LESTER HOWARD CLEGGSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- PETER WHITMAN FIELDSAirman First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM FUCHS JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
From Orange
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- JERRY WALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 1969
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.