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RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 6, 1946 – July 22, 1966
Service recordRichard Arthur Gilbreath, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 57
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO BLT 3 5 MAR 9 MARDIV
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 57
- DAVID LESLIE GAMBLEPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES HOLOKACorporal · July 22, 1966
- RODNEY ALVIN JAMESPrivate · July 22, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · November 1, 1967
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.