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WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – July 19, 1967
Service recordWalter Edmund Giblin JR, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 91
- WILLIAM ALLEN GUILLORYCorporal · July 19, 1967
- HERBERT PERRY HUNTERCommander · July 19, 1967
- WILLIAM BRAXTON JACKSONPetty Officer Second Class · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD JARANSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1967
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 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.