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JOEL LYNN GABRIEL
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 24, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordJoel Lynn Gabriel, of Oregon City, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Oregon City, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 12
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · February 11, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 12
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 13
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 17
- KIRK ALLEN WOOLLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 18
From Oregon City
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- GARY LYLE KESTLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DWIGHT HAYESSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DONALD DEAN BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
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.