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THOMAS JEFFERSON GABBARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – September 28, 1969
Service recordThomas Jefferson Gabbard, of Highland Heights, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Highland Heights, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 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 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 15
- CLARENCE ALTON CORLEY JRSergeant · September 28, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY EMERY JRFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLYDE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 14
- STEVEN TIMOTHY HOWEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 16
From Highland Heights
- ROBERT RAYMOND BERNINGCorporal · May 28, 1970
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.