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THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Gildow, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 56
- DONALD WAYNE EDNEYCorporal · February 4, 1969
- OTIS GREENLance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- ANDREW MARTIN HAGLAGEFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1969
- ROBERT KENNETH HALLHospitalman · February 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE BEAUMONTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 53
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
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.