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GILBERT DOWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1951 – March 5, 1971
Service recordGilbert Dowell, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1951
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 23
- KENNETH JAMES WAGNERLance Corporal · March 4, 1971
- CHARLES ROBERT BIGLIENISergeant · March 5, 1971
- STEVEN RALPH BURCHWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1971
- RICHARD SAMUEL DENNISONSpecialist Five · March 5, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN RALPH BURCHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 23
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
- MICHAEL ELI KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 24
- LARRY DAVID LODENCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 25
- RALPH ANGELO MOREIRA JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 25
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 25
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.