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THOMAS PATRICK GILL III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1946 – December 7, 1969
Service recordThomas Patrick Gill III, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 36
- VINCENT JOSEPH HALLPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- CHARLES EVERETT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- LEE DONNIE KENNEDYPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- DANNY RICHARD LATHAMSpecialist Five · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ROSS FANKBONERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 35
- MICHAEL WAYNE LEIFSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 37
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 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.