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GILBERT HERNANDEZ-CARRION
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1940 – March 21, 1968
Service recordGilbert Hernandez-Carrion, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 47
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1968; 19 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 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 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 45E, Line 47
- JAMES LYNN HENKPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- PETER DEAN HESFORDMajor · March 21, 1968
- LEONARD DONALD HOLDERColonel · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGEESergeant · March 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CLIFFORD FRANSENStaff Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 46
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGEESergeant · Panel 45E, Line 47
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.