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JOHN LAWRENCE GAMBRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1944 – February 20, 1967
Service recordJohn Lawrence Gambrell, of Powder Springs, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 65
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Powder Springs, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 65
- THOMAS EDWARD BROMLEYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- ELMO BURNEY JRAirman First Class · February 20, 1967
- ERNEST WAYNE GAJDOSIKStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- RUSSELL CLEMENSEN GOODMANMajor · February 20, 1967
From Powder Springs
- ROGER HULSEYCorporal · August 10, 1968
- HENRY FLOYD SMITHCorporal · August 23, 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.