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GILBERT RAY LISH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordGilbert Ray Lish, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- November 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Vinh Long 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 36E, Line 54
- ISAIAH LAWS JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE LEAMONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- MICHAEL CLAUDE LINDSAYPrivate · February 1, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE LONGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EARL JOHNSTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 52
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 59
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- BRUCE ROLLA BENNETTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
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.