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PHILIP LYLE GAMBLE JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1943 – May 26, 1969
Service recordPhilip Lyle Gamble JR, of Amherst, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 110
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Amherst, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 110
- CLIFFORD EARL HAYNES JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS HILLIARDSergeant · May 26, 1969
- JAMES DOYLE JOHNSONCorporal · May 26, 1969
- ERNEST CEDILLO MUNOZStaff Sergeant · May 26, 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.