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GILBERT FERRANTE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1946 – August 13, 1966
Service recordGilbert Ferrante, of Ontario, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 132
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Ontario, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 132
- JOHN DONALD WYSZOMIRSKIStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- DAVID RONALD DEVERS SRCaptain · August 13, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COAKLEYLieutenant Commander · September 13, 1966
From Ontario
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SOTHCaptain · June 21, 1966
- ERVIN LOVELLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES HOPPERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GRIDLEY BARSTOW STRONGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE COLLINSSergeant · August 14, 1968
- ANTONINO RUGGERISpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · March 26, 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.