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MICHAEL GIDVILAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1946 – September 7, 1967
Service recordMichael Gidvilas, of Granby, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Granby, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 24
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- HUGH CRAIG GOINSCorporal · September 7, 1967
- TERRY RICHARD LITZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY GAGLIARDISpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 23
From Granby
- ROBERT EARL BRIDGESAirman Second Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JOHN STEWART TAYLORPrivate · May 20, 1969
- JOHN WARREN MANNINGSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BURNSFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 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.