REMEMBERING THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE CLACKAMAS COUNTY FALLEN
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Joel Lynn Gabriel

Joel was the manager of his high school basketball team, and was also involved in the high school business club.
Date of birth: 24 January 1948
Date tour began: 21 December 1968
Date of casualty: 11 February 1969
Home of record: Oregon City, Oregon
Branch and Rank: Army, Corporal,
Infantry Indirect Fire Crewman
Unit: 1st 1st Cavalry Division, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, D Company
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge
Location of name on the Vietnam Wall: 32W, 12
 
Location of service: South Vietnam, Long Khanh province
Died through hostile action .. small arms fire
 
Schools Attended: Oregon City High School
Burial location: Willamette National Cemetery
Memorials: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, DC), Oregon Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Portland), Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland), Oregon City High School Memorial Garden

 
The Oregonian, Friday, February 14, 1969
Oregon City GI Killed
Pfc. Joel L. Gabriel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Gabriel, Oregon City, was killed in action in Vietnam, his parents were notified Thursday.
His death brings the total Oregon men killed in Vietnam to 423, according to the Associated Press figures.

 
The Oregonian, Sunday, February 23, 1969
GABRIEL – Pfc. Joel Lynn, 21, late of Oregon City, Vietnam, Feb. 11; son of Mr. and Mrs. Louie Gabriel; brother of Lula Johnson of Yamhill, Freda Arnold, Portland; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. George Dickinson, Portland, Mr. and Mrs. C.N. Talbott, Ilwaco, Wn. Military services Wed. Feb. 26, 11 a.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Portland Ave. at West Linn. COCHRAN’S SUNSET CHAPEL, 260 Oatfield Rd., Gladsone, in charge of arrangements. Interment Willamette National Cemetery.

  
This remembrance was originally posted here: http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/17529/JOEL-L-GABRIEL
 
my aunt's love.
I never actually knew you, for i was born in 1995, years after you lost your life. my aunt was recently over at my milwaukie home where she told me about her friends who died in vietnam, and mentioned a boyfriend who also lost his life there, you. she talked about you and the years she spent in high school with you. she talked about how much you meant to her and i know she misses you. so for a christmas present, i decided for christmas to rub your name from the wall and find your picture, print it out and frame it, i know she'll love it. rest in peace Joel, and god bless you.





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