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WILLIAM F GILMORE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1947 – January 5, 1970
Service recordWilliam F Gilmore JR, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Wagoner, Oklahoma (Wagoner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 128
- JAMES FRANCIS BRENNAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 5, 1970
- HUBERT F BRINSONCaptain · January 5, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE BURNESFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1970
- GARY WAYNE ERICSONSergeant · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY NESBIT LAMBPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 129
- DONALD EUGENE LEWTERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 129
- TOM ANDREW METCALFStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 130
- CHARLES THOMAS MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 130
- ROBERT STEPHEN SOMBATIPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 1
From Wagoner
- JIMMY LEE CAMPBELLCorporal · February 11, 1970
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.