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JAMES GABRIEL JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 22, 1938 – April 8, 1962
Service recordJames Gabriel JR, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1962
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1962. In April 1962, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 8
- IVAN PRESTON WHITLOCKTechnical Sergeant · April 2, 1962
- MILTON DONALD BRITTONMajor · April 6, 1962
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 8
From Honolulu
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
- ROBERT ORTOGERO NATARTESergeant · February 15, 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.