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KENNETH DEE GILMORE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 30, 1939 – January 31, 1966
Service recordKenneth Dee Gilmore, of Austin, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 123
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 30, 1939
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 26
- 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 January 31, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 123
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- ROBERT FRED GUTHRIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HAMILTONLieutenant Colonel · January 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- ROBERT D DONALDSONSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 122
- GLENN FRANKLIN DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 122
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JACK JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 124
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 125
- CHARLES LEONARD PETEETSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JOHN MICHAEL QUINNSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 126
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 126
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 126
- DAVID BARTELS ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 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.