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ROBERT JOHN GASKO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1949 – January 20, 1970
Service recordRobert John Gasko JR, of Mays Landing, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 49
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Mays Landing, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 49
- GERALD ALAN GAUTHIERSergeant · January 20, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH HOLLANDFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1970
- CHESTER THEO HOWARD JRPrivate First Class · January 20, 1970
- EVERETT DENNIS KEATONCaptain · January 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 50
From Mays Landing
- WILLIAM LEANDER DEALSergeant · January 2, 1963
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.