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ROY ALLEN GEBHARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1946 – December 12, 1966
Service recordRoy Allen Gebhard, of Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Schwenksville, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 38
- PHILLIP BRUCE HAYWARDPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- JOHNNY ROBERT HOLLANDFirst Sergeant · December 12, 1966
- BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JRStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY ROBERT HOLLANDFirst Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 38
- BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 38
- BILLY RICHARD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 39
- MICHAEL LEWIS NOTTAGESpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 39
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.