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MEREDITH ALTON GABRIEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – January 4, 1968
Service recordMeredith Alton Gabriel, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 36
- RICHARD HAMMOND FROSTLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS FUHRMANFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- BILLY WILLIE GOBERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- ROGER DALE GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 37
- WAYNE H KELMANCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 38
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 38
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 39
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 41
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 43
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 44
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.