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RICHARD DENZIL GILL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1947 – July 21, 1966
Service recordRichard Denzil Gill JR, of Williston, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Williston, North Dakota (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 52
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- THEODORE GRONOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- DENNIS LEROY HARMONPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LOYALL BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 51
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 52
- LEO EDWARD HINTERLONGSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 53
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 53
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 53
- LARRY VANCLIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 54
From Williston
- KENYON ELROY BEANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD DALE HOVLANDSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN HIMLERCaptain · August 24, 1968
- RANDY LEE HANSENSpecialist Four · April 6, 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.