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TIMOTHY LAWRENCE GILSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordTimothy Lawrence Gilson, of Mooseheart, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 1
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Mooseheart, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 1
- DANIEL WARD GLEASONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- EARNEST WILMER GRAHAMPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- HERBERT RAYMOND GRANTSergeant First Class · February 23, 1969
- GARY DEAN JUDDCorporal · February 23, 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.