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THOMAS ORVAL GILBERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1943 – June 2, 1966
Service recordThomas Orval Gilbert, of Stockton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 133
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 133
- JERRY L FIELDSPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- JIMMIE CLAY HUTCHERSONCorporal · June 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · Panel 7E, Line 132
- MIGUE CASTRO-CARRASQUILLOSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 132
- JERRY L FIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 133
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 134
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 1
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 1
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
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.