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DEXTER NUNTON GAMBLE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1948 – December 10, 1968
Service recordDexter Nunton Gamble JR, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 80
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Broken Bow, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 80
- CHARLES ALVIN DIXONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- FREDDIE JUNIOR DOBBINSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN EDERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JAMES EUGENE FARROWCorporal · December 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANA EDWARD DIEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 79
- WILLIAM ALLISON LOWRYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 82
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 83
From Broken Bow
- MARVIN TIDWELL NOAHLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- LARRY GLEN WILLIAMSLance Corporal · December 2, 1967
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · December 8, 1967
- ROY LEE WINERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- LARRY TAYLORCorporal · July 27, 1968
- LEONARD DANIEL WARDSpecialist Four · July 6, 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.