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FREDERICK EUGENE GILMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1949 – March 16, 1970
Service recordFrederick Eugene Gilman, of Warrensburg, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 6
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Warrensburg, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 6
- BEN ALLEN HUGHES JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- JOHN DANIEL INGRUMFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1970
- JORGE V MAESELance Corporal · March 16, 1970
- LARRY OVERTON MARCHBANKPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1970
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.