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JAMES SILAS GILBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1946 – November 18, 1966
Service recordJames Silas Gilbert, of Bee, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Bee, Virginia (Dickenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 84
- WILLIAM TAMM ARNOLDLieutenant Commander · November 18, 1966
- DUNCAN EDWARD BASS JRSergeant · November 18, 1966
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 18, 1966
- MICHAEL GENE ISELYPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DUNCAN EDWARD BASS JRSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 84
- FREDERICK PEARCE VICTORIAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 85
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.