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ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 8, 1948 – March 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Gaylord Findley, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên 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 44E, Line 46
- ADOLFO AGUILARSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- MICHAUEL DON FERGUSONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.