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ROBERT DAVID GARIEPY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – May 4, 1968
Service recordRobert David Gariepy, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 34
- EDWIN GENE GALINDOCorporal · May 4, 1968
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · May 4, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- BILLY RAY GREENEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY CLARKCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 31
- JERRY THOMAS EVANSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 33
- ROBERT ALLEN FOWLERSergeant Major · Panel 54E, Line 33
- EDWIN GENE GALINDOCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 34
- ROY BARRY LEAGUESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 36
- GEORGE CAROLL LETMATESergeant · Panel 54E, Line 37
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 39
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
- EGBERT R VAUGHANSpecialist Five · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Fitchburg
- PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLYCaptain · June 6, 1965
- CHARLES EHNSTROM TOFFERICaptain · October 20, 1966
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- EARL EDWARD TYREEPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- GERALD ROGER LEGERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WILBUR LEO WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · June 6, 1969
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 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.