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WILLIAM GRANT GILGER III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1945 – December 7, 1967
Service recordWilliam Grant Gilger III, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 57
- JAMES EDWARD BURNSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- JIMMY CHARLES ELRODPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- GEORGE F EUBANKSSergeant · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 57
- JIMMY CHARLES ELRODPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 57
- GEORGE F EUBANKSSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 57
- DUDNEY NELSON ARLENTINOSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 58
- TOM GONZALES JRSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 58
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 59
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 60
- ROBERT W TEWKSBURYCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 61
- LARRY A WINSLOWSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 61
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.