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EMILIO GAMBOA GARCIA
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 29, 1947 – January 23, 1968
Service recordEmilio Gamboa Garcia, of Barstow, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Barstow, Texas (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 16
- HERSHEL HIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DAVID JOHN KLIPPELSergeant · January 23, 1968
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- LEE ANDRES LUALLINPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 14
- TOMMY LEE CARPENTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 14
- RUDOLF AUGUST SCHRADERSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 18
- JAMES CLINTON STRANOCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 18
From Barstow
- JOSE RENTERIA DIAZSergeant · April 12, 1969
- JOHN FLOYD HUMMELChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 6, 1971
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.