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VAUN ARLEN GORBE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – October 5, 1970
Service recordVaun Arlen Gorbe, of Center Line, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 113
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Center Line, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 113
- TERRY LOUIS DEERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 1970
- RICHARD MICHAEL HOPESpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- WARREN EARL KINDSVATTERCaptain · October 5, 1970
From Center Line
- PAUL GORDON HAZENSpecialist Four · September 23, 1966
- DANIEL FRANCIS CAHILLSergeant · February 24, 1969
- GERALD EUGENE BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
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.