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GILBERT ALLAN ROVITO
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 19, 1948 – June 14, 1973
Service recordGilbert Allan Rovito, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 14, 1973, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1025F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1973
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1973. In June 1973, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 119
- SAMUEL BLACKMAR CORNELIUSMajor · June 16, 1973
- JOHN JACKIE SMALLWOODCaptain · June 16, 1973
- JAMES TIMOTHY ONEILLAirman · July 4, 1973
- SAMUEL WALTER YATESLance Corporal · July 16, 1973
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS ELMORE MEADORFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 118
From Stroudsburg
- THOMAS EARL CARNEYCaptain · June 15, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND WELSHLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- PAUL EDWARD TIGUE JRSergeant · August 10, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR JENSENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
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.