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RICKY DEAN GILCHRIST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1950 – June 23, 1971
Service recordRicky Dean Gilchrist, of Somerset, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 87
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Somerset, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 87
- RONALD DUANE CALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
- ROBERT EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
- GILBERT LEWIS MATTHEWS JRCaptain · June 24, 1971
- TOIVO BERNHARD NOMMSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
From Somerset
- JOHN EDWARD BUSCHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES KERIPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- VINS RONALD HOOPERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- MICHAEL YAWORSKYSpecialist Four · January 19, 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.