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TRUMAN JAMES W GILBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1934 – December 23, 1969
Service recordTruman James W Gilbert, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 86
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 31, 1934
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 86
- SANDERS RAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- ERROLD RUFUS FARRARSergeant · December 23, 1969
- WILLIS WAYNE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1969
- OSCAR BURL LYLES JRStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1969
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
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.