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JAMES MICHAEL GILBERT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – May 11, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Gilbert, of Waterloo, Iowa, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 47
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 47
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMRICKStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1969
- ROBERT MARTINEZ FUENTESLance Corporal · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE ANDREW GOURLAYPrivate · May 11, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD GRAYCorporal · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD ARNOLD BARLOWSpecialist Five · Panel 25W, Line 46
- MILLS BEALE IIISergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 46
- MALCOLM FRANK BELLSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 46
From Waterloo
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENSergeant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · March 4, 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.