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ROBERT VICTOR GAPINSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 24, 1948 – July 8, 1969
Service recordRobert Victor Gapinski, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 82
- JAMES NORRIE CROCKER JRCaptain · July 8, 1969
- STANLEY STEWART FENNERPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- WILLIAM ROGER GARNERSergeant · July 8, 1969
- SALVATORE ANTHONY GELUSOMaster Sergeant · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VIRGIL ALLEN CALKINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 81
- RUSSELL ALBERT SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 85
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.