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CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 22, 1944 – June 4, 1966
Service recordCharles Wesley Gober JR, of Waco, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 6
- DENTON WINSLOW CROCKER JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- PHILIP KENNETH DORNLance Corporal · June 4, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT EARL LIGHTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 7
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 8
- MARTIN LEE WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 9
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- RONALD CARL FORSBACHPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
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.