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JAMES XAVIER GILCH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1945 – July 21, 1966
Service recordJames Xavier Gilch, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 52
- RICHARD DENZIL GILL JRSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- DENNIS LEROY HARMONPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LOYALL BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 51
- RICHARD DENZIL GILL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 52
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- LEO EDWARD HINTERLONGSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 53
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 53
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 53
- LARRY VANCLIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 54
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBOROCorporal · February 8, 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.