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WILLIAM ALAN GILMORE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 26, 1947 – September 7, 1967
Service recordWilliam Alan Gilmore, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 24
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
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- 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
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 24
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- MICHAEL GIDVILASSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- HUGH CRAIG GOINSCorporal · September 7, 1967
- TERRY RICHARD LITZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · Panel 26E, Line 33
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.