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HAROLD FRANCIS GENTILE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 5, 1944 – June 20, 1968
Service recordHarold Francis Gentile, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 5
- RANDOLPH WRIGHT FORDCommander · June 11, 1968
- ERNEST LEE ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL GIGLIOTTIPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- JEREMIAH GREENCorporal · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL TIMOTHY PELHAM JRSergeant First Class · Panel 55W, Line 8
- GREGORY MARK ROSSSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 9
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.