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DAVID HERCLIFF GAMBOA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1944 – April 5, 1969
Service recordDavid Hercliff Gamboa JR, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 17
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 17
- KENNETH ESTESSpecialist Five · April 5, 1969
- JIMMIE LEE FORRESTLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- WILLIAM STANLEY GEARYSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HUGH GILBERT HILL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 18
- WILLIAM MARVIN LIGHTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 19
- JERRY WAYNE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 20
- BOYCE DEAN PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 21
- LARRY RIEK RIEKENSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
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.