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ROBERT MICHAEL GAFFIGAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1950 – October 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Michael Gaffigan, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 23
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 23
- THOMAS ANTHONY GOEBELSergeant · October 26, 1970
- DALE VERNON HARGROVEPrivate · October 26, 1970
- KENNETH WAYNE HENDRIXSpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
- GEORGE AUREL MILIKASpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
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.