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ROLAND ALLEN GORSCHBOTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1944 – September 11, 1968
Service recordRoland Allen Gorschboth, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 24
- STEVEN ROBERT FRESEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- JESUS MARIA GARCIAGunnery Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- DAVID KEITH HUFFMANSergeant · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 24
- VINICIO FREDEK SANTUCCISpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 29
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 29
- THOMAS DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 30
- HARRY L VANALST JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 32
- GARY ALAN WALDORFPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 32
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.