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GILBERT MORALES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 5, 1926 – July 14, 1968
Service recordGilbert Morales, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · 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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Born
- October 5, 1926
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 29
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MCCLAFFERTYSergeant · July 14, 1968
- RANCE ALDEN MCEACHERN JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- DONALD LEROY MURPHYSeaman · July 14, 1968
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 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.