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ROBERT PATRICK GANDIL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1943 – December 18, 1966
Service recordRobert Patrick Gandil, of Hackensack, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 58
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Hackensack, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 58
- KENNETH P DUGGARSpecialist Five · October 6, 1966
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CARROLLFirst Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- LEON VINCENT FOXPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
From Hackensack
- JOHN D MORGANSergeant · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GADDA JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- VINCENT JAMES WEEDO JRPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- JOHN COYLESpecialist Four · March 29, 1967
- HAROLD JEROME DILLARDLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- MANUEL MOORESpecialist Five · April 30, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · May 22, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL KOZAKSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 1970
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.