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HERBERT JAMES GABRIEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1945 – December 29, 1966
Service recordHerbert James Gabriel, of Port Arthur, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Port Arthur, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 95
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- LUECO ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- LEE V BEARDENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALEJANDRO GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 97
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 97
From Port Arthur
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
- CLEVELAND KEAL JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 1968
- GREGORIO TREVINO JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
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.