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GUS SIAMBONES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1948 – August 19, 1969
Service recordGus Siambones, of East Chicago, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- East Chicago, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 73
- MICHAEL EDWARD POLIQUINPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROWELLSergeant Major · August 19, 1969
- RUSSELL MILES RUFFNER JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- DENNIS FRANCIS SHINECorporal · August 19, 1969
From East Chicago
- JAMES EDWARD WENZELCaptain · August 30, 1963
- LOUIS GEORGE ONOHANAirman Second Class · April 24, 1964
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · February 14, 1966
- PATRICK CHRISTOPHER NEVINSergeant · February 23, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM POLICHPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CORNELIUS GILPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- HAROLD GOMEZCorporal · February 21, 1967
- STEVE KLARIKSpecialist Five · April 10, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND PRIETOPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.