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PATRICK JOSEPH GILBERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1944 – November 20, 1966
Service recordPatrick Joseph Gilbert, of Mineola, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 95
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Mineola, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 95
- CHARLES JERRY GAINESSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1966
- JIMMIE CARROL HONLEYStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER ISLEY IIICorporal · November 20, 1966
- GLENDELL EUGENE YATESTechnical Sergeant · November 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 94
- MILTON HARRIS LEGRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 96
- RICHARD PETER MASSINEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- JAMES A MCCALVYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 96
- HARRY KAY VARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 97
- WELDON HORACE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 98
From Mineola
- PETER DANIEL GEOGHEGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES SCRUTONSergeant · January 5, 1968
- THOMAS STEVEN DELUCA JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- THOMAS NICHOLAS MOTTOSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.