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ROBERT WILLIAM GUMBERT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1949 – June 22, 1970
Service recordRobert William Gumbert JR, of New Richmond, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1949
- Home of record
- New Richmond, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 79
- RALPH ARNOLD GADDISSergeant · June 22, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD HANNStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
- TRACY ROY HYATTSergeant First Class · June 22, 1970
- HERMAN MOORE JRSpecialist Four · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN MOORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 79
- GARY LAVERNE PEATSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 80
- JOSEPH MARION TUROWSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 81
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.