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JACK RICHCARDO GILBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1942 – August 3, 1970
Service recordJack Richcardo Gilbert, of Chicago Ridge, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago Ridge, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 79
- BARRY FRANCIS GRAHAMMajor · August 3, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY GULDANLance Corporal · August 3, 1970
- ANDREW LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- LARRY JOE MEADORSpecialist Five · August 3, 1970
From Chicago Ridge
- GLENN TRUMAN BRISTOWHospitalman · April 5, 1967
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · June 13, 1969
- RICHARD SHIRMANGFirst Sergeant · November 7, 1969
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.