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GABRIEL BETANCOURT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1946 – September 19, 1967
Service recordGabriel Betancourt, of Hollister, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 91
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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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Hollister, California (San Benito County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 91
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE BAUMPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LARRY BLOUNTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- CLYDE WALTER CARTERCaptain · September 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILBERT A TYNES JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 94
From Hollister
- ALBERT GONZALEZPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- NICKALAS PEREZ GURNIASSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.