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GABRIEL LAWRENCE TWOEAGLE
Private · U.S. Army
October 7, 1950 – April 18, 1971
Service recordGabriel Lawrence Twoeagle, of Parmelee, South Dakota, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 133
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Parmelee, South Dakota (Todd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 133
- ALLEN JACQUES DUROYPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
- MIGUEL ALEJANDRO MONTESPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
- HERNANDEZ ANTONIO QUILESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1971
- JOHNNY SAXONCorporal · April 18, 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.