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ROBERT ALLEN GIFFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – February 3, 1968
Service recordRobert Allen Gifford, of Bainbridge, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 7
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Bainbridge, New York (Chenango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 7
- DON RAY GILBERTSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JAMES R GODWINSecond Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- HAROLD LEROY GRAYPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 37E, Line 3
- JERRY RANKIN HALEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 5
- JAMES R GODWINSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 7
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 7
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 14
From Bainbridge
- KENNETH ARCHIBALD KEITHPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
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.