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GERALD FREDERICK GILBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1944 – March 28, 1968
Service recordGerald Frederick Gilbert, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 54
- ROY DAVID ELSTON JRSpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GRAHAMCaptain · March 28, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 54
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 46E, Line 54
- RAY IRA HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 55
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · July 12, 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.