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JOHN CHESTER GEMBORYS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1947 – July 30, 1967
Service recordJohn Chester Gemborys, of Gardner, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 51
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Gardner, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 51
- DAVID ADDISON FREDERICKCaptain · July 30, 1967
- LARRY ARTHUR GARNERFirst Lieutenant · July 30, 1967
- WILLIAM VAN HEARNSPrivate First Class · July 30, 1967
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
From Gardner
- EMILE JOSEPH LEGERESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FLOYD BRONSON JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHESergeant · May 27, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBELance Corporal · July 28, 1969
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.