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JOHN VICTOR GILKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1950 – June 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Victor Gilker, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 7
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- ROGERS STUART GORDONCorporal · June 24, 1969
- LAWRENCE K HINSCHBERGERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- ALBERT JUNIOR JONESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
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.