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JOSEPH GAMBINO JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 7, 1949 – April 7, 1973
Service recordJoseph Gambino JR, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 7, 1973, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 7, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1973
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1973. In April 1973, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 116
- ROBERT EDWARD BERNHARDTFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1973
- FRANK WOLGO PAULOSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1973
- DONNIE RAY CONNERLance Corporal · February 14, 1973
- JAMES LELAND SCROGGINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1973
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.