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WILBUR CORNELL GASKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1947 – April 18, 1968
Service recordWilbur Cornell Gaskins, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 38
- BARRY H DULYEASergeant · April 18, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT LOVIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- BERNARD LYLE FOXSergeant · April 18, 1968
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 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.