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ROBERT ERNEST GAFTUNIK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1949 – August 25, 1969
Service recordRobert Ernest Gaftunik, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 111
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 111
- LABROSSIE LUCIEN BAKERCorporal · August 25, 1969
- BARRY BRYANT COERSWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME DOSTALSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1969
- JAMES AUGUSTUS FRANCISSpecialist Five · August 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE NEIL GENTRYSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 112
- ALAN PETER STRAZZANTISergeant · Panel 19W, Line 116
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.