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ROBERTO LAY GABANA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – August 22, 1968
Service recordRoberto Lay Gabana served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 27
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
- September 13, 1947
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 27
- DAVID NORMAN EMBREYSergeant · August 22, 1968
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- ALBERT HUGH GIDDINGSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 32
- JOHN D STRINGFELLOW JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 33
- RICHARD LEE TREASCaptain · Panel 47W, Line 34
- ALLEN PRICE WEAVERSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 35
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.