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JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1946 – October 7, 1966
Service recordJoseph Thomas Gile JR, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 56
- JOHN FRANCIS DALOLA IIIPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- GARY DEAN DOCTORLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- VINCENT FRANCIS GARVEYPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 1968
- GREGORY PATRICK KENTLance Corporal · March 28, 1968
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.