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ROBERT EDWARD GORSKE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – May 21, 1970
Service recordRobert Edward Gorske, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 75
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 75
- CHARLES HORTON EUBANKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- THOMAS ANTHONY GOWERSSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- STANLEY RAYMOND HANSENSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GENE BUSSESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 74
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 77
- WARREN LEE SCANLAN JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 77
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.