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ROBIN FREDERIC GATWOOD JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 5, 1946 – April 2, 1972
Service recordRobin Frederic Gatwood JR, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 2, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 128
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Electronic Warfare Officer (1571Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 42 TEWS 388 TFW
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 2, 1972
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1972; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “42 TEWS 388 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 128
- CHARLES ALLEN LEVISColonel · April 2, 1972
- RONALD PAGE PASCHALLSpecialist Five · April 2, 1972
- HENRY MUIR SEREXLieutenant Colonel · April 2, 1972
- ALLEN DUANE CHRISTENSENSergeant First Class · April 3, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE LOUIS BOLTEColonel · Panel 2W, Line 127
- ANTHONY ROBERT GIANNANGELIColonel · Panel 2W, Line 127
- HENRY MUIR SEREXLieutenant Colonel · Panel 2W, Line 128
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
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.