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RICHARD LEE GILBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Gilbert, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 10
- MICHAEL FRANCIS DALTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- EDWIN PHILLIP DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOSE RAMON DIANA-DIAZPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JOHN DINAPOLI JRFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL GENE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 12
- JAMES ROBERT MAURERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 14
- JOSE MUNATONES JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 15
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 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.