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JOHN ROBERT GMACK
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 20, 1951 – May 28, 1970
Service recordJohn Robert Gmack, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 20, 1951
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 114
- FRANCIS JOSEPH KELLERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- RONALD ALPHONSE KREBSBACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- ARTURO LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- EDMUND MICHAEL LOUGHLINPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROYLE ANDERSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 111
- ROBERT RAYMOND BERNINGCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 112
- EATTERSON BYRD JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 112
- MICHAEL ALBERT FRESECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 113
- ROBERT BROWN ROSHONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 116
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 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.