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GORDON ROBERT UHLER
Senior Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
May 21, 1933 – June 28, 1972
Service recordGordon Robert Uhler, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 28, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 50
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. Navy
- Rank
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- May 21, 1933
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1972
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 50
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MARTINLieutenant Commander · June 26, 1972
- ROBERT THOMAS MILLSPetty Officer First Class · June 26, 1972
- FARRELL JUNIOR SULLIVANColonel · June 27, 1972
- DONALD FREDERICK YERYARStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1972
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.