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CARL MERLIN GEBHART JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 5, 1945 – April 30, 1966
Service recordCarl Merlin Gebhart JR, of Rialto, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 13
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 13
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES CLYDE WISKURPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- HOWARD ROBERT HYSELLSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
From Rialto
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.