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GILBERT HOWARD MUNCY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1946 – May 18, 1968
Service recordGilbert Howard Muncy, of Long Beach, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 21
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 21
- LEROY MCKEEVERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- VINCENT DUNCAN MONROECommander · May 18, 1968
- RAYMOND VERNON NORAPrivate · May 18, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT OBENLANDCaptain · May 18, 1968
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
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.