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MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1950 – September 22, 1970
Service recordMichael James Gambino, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 83
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Haverhill, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 83
- JACKIE RAY BROOKSPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WOODROW MICHAEL CANNADYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BOBBY GEORGE FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1970
From Haverhill
- RALPH BASILIEREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1970
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.