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HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1945 – August 13, 1966
Service recordHarvey Woodford Gilbert, of Marshalltown, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 133
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Marshalltown, Iowa (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 133
- ERMAN MILFORD NEWMAN JRMajor · August 12, 1966
- PERCY W MCCLATCHYStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- GERALD LERVERNE MENTZERSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN IVORY JONES JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 131
- JOHN CABLE PETTY IISergeant · Panel 10E, Line 1
- ROSARIO ROSA-SEINSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 1
- BOBBY JOE SHOCKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 2
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 2
- RONALD LEE WOODSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 3
From Marshalltown
- ROBERT DOUGLAS KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES WESTBERGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHMajor · May 11, 1968
- DONALD DENNIS WEYKERSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SLATERSecond Lieutenant · December 15, 1968
- DAVID LYNN RUTGERSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DARREL GENE BITTNERSergeant · May 8, 1969
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MCKIBBENCaptain · April 25, 1970
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · June 5, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE TUCKERCorporal · February 15, 1971
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.