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JAMES RAYMOND GENTILE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1926 – March 26, 1969
Service recordJames Raymond Gentile, of Watertown, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 45
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 8, 1926
- Home of record
- Watertown, New York (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 45
- JERRY DISHMANPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES FENTON JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE FIELDSCaptain · March 26, 1969
- DONALD STEVEN FORESTCorporal · March 26, 1969
From Watertown
- JOSEF S HUWYLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1965
- SAMUEL HENRY GRAHAM IISergeant · April 27, 1966
- PETER WILLIAM BOORASPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- JOHN STEPHEN SAYERFirst Lieutenant · December 10, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS MARTINLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM JEFFREY MULDOVANLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- JAMES HENRY JESSMANPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- GREGORY JAMES KELLOGGLance Corporal · September 2, 1968
- DAVID PAUL HALPINFireman · September 28, 1968
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 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.