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GILBERT TREVINIO DELGADO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1945 – August 18, 1968
Service recordGilbert Trevinio Delgado, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 40
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 12 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 48W, Line 40
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- PHILIP ANTHONY DAMICO JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ARTHUR LEROY DOILEY JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- JAMES DOYLE EISENHOURWarrant Officer 1 · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 40
- RONALD MATHIAS HEINECKESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 43
- WILLIE LEE HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 43
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- KENNETH LIONEL KROMSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- ROY DALLAS LOWE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 48
- LORENZO SEWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 48
- MARTINIANO VALENTIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 50
- ARTURO S ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 51
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.