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WILBURN CHASTAIN GIDEON
Captain · U.S. Army
April 14, 1941 – August 23, 1968
Service recordWilburn Chastain Gideon, of Dilley, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 42
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Officer (0200)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Dilley, Texas (Frio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 42
- RAMON GARCIAStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES RONALD GOLLINGPetty Officer Third Class · August 23, 1968
- FRANK GOMEZSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HARNEDSergeant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE CALENTINECorporal · Panel 47W, Line 39
- JOHN LEO DIEDERICHSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 40
- EUGENE JOHN HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 44
- JOEL MITCHELL LAROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 49
- ROBERT WAYNE SALTERSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 54
- DANIEL GEORGE SCHWANCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 54
- STEVEN CHARLES VINTERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 56
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.