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GILBERT CARVALHO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1936 – September 15, 1968
Service recordGilbert Carvalho, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 61
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 61
- JAMES DOUGLAS ARNETTPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- TOMMY LOYD BERRYSergeant First Class · September 15, 1968
- JAMES PRESTON BORDEAUX JRPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- LEON DANIEL BULLOCKSergeant · September 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER BERNARD RICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44W, Line 66
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
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.