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PAUL ARTHUR GILBERT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1945 – February 19, 1966
Service recordPaul Arthur Gilbert, of Jenner, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Jenner, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 50
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- ELZIE J COLLINS JRSergeant · February 19, 1966
- HURSHEL FRASUREPrivate First Class · February 19, 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.