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ROBERT JOSEPH GOSSELIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1951 – May 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Joseph Gosselin, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 102
- DAVID JOSE GARCIASergeant · May 26, 1970
- MONTE LEROY GATESSergeant · May 26, 1970
- JAMES LLOYD GIEGELLance Corporal · May 26, 1970
- BRUCE ELLIOT GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · May 26, 1970
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 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.