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DENNIS ERWIN GABBERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1947 – September 1, 1967
Service recordDennis Erwin Gabbert, of Eureka, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Eureka, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 77
- JAMES HARVEY COOLSPrivate · September 1, 1967
- MATTHEW RAYMOND GOOSSENSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- GEORGE LAWRENCE HAHNER JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN MATTHEW HALEY JRLance Corporal · September 1, 1967
From Eureka
- DOUGLAS FRANK QUINNPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DANIEL ARTHUR PATTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GENE ELWOOD CALPHMaster Sergeant · June 22, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- PETER ALAN HILLPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MITCHELL TRIMBLECorporal · April 6, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN CARLINCaptain · January 16, 1969
- JACK ELWIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
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.