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GILBERT MERILL MAESTAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – September 18, 1968
Service recordGilbert Merill Maestas, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 29
- FREDDIE LEON LOWERYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DUTCHER LUCCIChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 18, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND MCCOYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- CHESTER MCDANIELCorporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 25
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 26
- JOHN FRANCIS DOWNEY JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- RAYMOND JAMES ENNERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 26
- CHARLES LLOYD FREEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 27
- JAMES OMER FRYMANCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 27
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 28
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 30
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- DONALD EUGENE TURNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 31
- KERMIT LOUIS WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 32
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.