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RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1947 – August 12, 1967
Service recordRichard Joseph Gilbert, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 103
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 103
- FAY KENNY COOPERSpecialist Five · August 12, 1967
- GARY PAUL FONTENOTPrivate First Class · August 12, 1967
- LARRY BERNARD GORDIANSpecialist Five · August 12, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH HEIBELCorporal · August 12, 1967
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 1968
- GREGORY PATRICK KENTLance Corporal · March 28, 1968
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.