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JACK EUGENE GORBEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1935 – March 8, 1968
Service recordJack Eugene Gorbey, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 53
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- August 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 53
- WILLIAM C DELAPP IIILieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1968
- GUY LEE EISENHARTWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- TIMOTHY FULLERCorporal · March 8, 1968
- RICHARD GALLAGHERLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- GARY HOWARD GRUBBSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- JAMES ROSS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.