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ROBERT ROLAND GONNEVILLE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1948 – November 9, 1967
Service recordRobert Roland Gonneville, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 58
- EDWIN MICHAEL GRAYCorporal · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH WARD HARRISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DONALD STEVEN HOLKESpecialist Four · November 9, 1967
- WILLIE C JOHNSON JRPlatoon Sergeant · November 9, 1967
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 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.