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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Arthur Gabrielsen.

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WILLIAM ARTHUR GABRIELSEN

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

April 2, 1947 – March 10, 1970

Service record

William Arthur Gabrielsen, of Frankfort, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 44W · Line 62

Position of Panel 44W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Born
April 2, 1947
Home of record
Frankfort, Michigan

Casualty

Date of death
March 10, 1970
Age
22
Added to the Wall
2014

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 44W, Line 62

From Frankfort

Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2014, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.