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JAMES ROBSON GILMORE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 8, 1945 – June 2, 1969
Service recordJames Robson Gilmore JR, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 44
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 44
- JOHN HARLAND FARLEYFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE GELDINSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- MARVIN JOSEPH GUDESpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- JOHN HENSLEYCorporal · June 2, 1969
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
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.