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JERRY WAYNE GOBBO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1946 – February 28, 1969
Service recordJerry Wayne Gobbo, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 92
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 92
- CARTER JOHN FREUNDCorporal · February 28, 1969
- WARREN RANDOLPH FURSEFirst Sergeant · February 28, 1969
- DENNIS ALLEN GROFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLEN ORVILLE VENETSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 97
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 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.