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GILBERT KING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordGilbert King, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 29
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 29
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · August 22, 1968
- VERLYN GWEN MEYERCaptain · August 22, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ELMER PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 25
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 26
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 26
- RONALD ANTHONY GOLWITZERSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 28
- PAUL FRANCIS OLEARYPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 30
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 31
- ROBERT BRUCE SANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 32
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · Panel 47W, Line 32
- THOMAS KING SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 33
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 34
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.