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RUSSELL EARL GILBRECH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1948 – January 6, 1970
Service recordRussell Earl Gilbrech, of Plainfield, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 6, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 4
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Plainfield, Indiana (Hendricks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 4
- CARL EDWARD GILBERTFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1970
- JOHN JAMES HARGREAVESPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- CHARLES LEONARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- MICKEY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
From Plainfield
- BERNARD LEE HOLZKNECHTCorporal · August 11, 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.