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JACK DEAN GILBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1946 – April 4, 1966
Service recordJack Dean Gilbert, of Limon, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 83
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Limon, Colorado (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 83
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- JOSEPH LEON KANEMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1966
- JOE FRANK LISERIOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
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.