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JAMES ARNOLD GILFORD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1939 – August 24, 1965
Service recordJames Arnold Gilford, of Conroe, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 84
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Conroe, Texas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 84
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JACK DALE LYNNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
From Conroe
- JOE MIKEL COPELANDLance Corporal · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE WILLIAM RUSHINGSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · September 18, 1968
- JOHNNY MUNOZSergeant · August 28, 1969
- CLARKE KEMBLE VICKREYPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- FLOYD DEAN WEBBERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1970
- DONALD W LOWECaptain · February 3, 1972
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.