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ROBERT C GILLEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1947 – January 6, 1968
Service recordRobert C Gillen, of Putnam Valley, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Putnam Valley, New York (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 57
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE HAGERLance Corporal · January 6, 1968
From Putnam Valley
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · January 4, 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.