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JOSEPH GEORGE GILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordJoseph George Gill, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 13
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 13
- LARRY FRED GLEASONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD CASTILLO GONZALESLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- HARVEY DUNCAN GRAYPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM EINO GREKELAPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN EARL BROPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 4
- RICHARD ALBERT BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- JUAN PATRICIO MARTINEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 22
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 25
- MIGUEL A RUVALCABA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- WILLIAM EMERSON SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 30
- HOWARD JOSEPH SPEARSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 31
- LOUIS LEON SPEERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.