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WILLIAM H GAMBLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1944 – June 13, 1966
Service recordWilliam H Gamble, of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 16, 1944
- Home of record
- New Kensington, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 44
- CHARLES WILLIAM BURKART JRColonel · June 13, 1966
- JOHN DALE COOKCorporal · June 13, 1966
- WILLIAM DELYCorporal · June 13, 1966
- DONALD ANTHONY DISAPIOLance Corporal · June 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RALPH R SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8E, Line 46
From New Kensington
- GEORGE ARTHUR LINKPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN CHARLEYSergeant · May 5, 1968
- CHARLES STEVEN DUDDYAirman First Class · January 1, 1969
- FRANK GEORGE OLIVER IICaptain · September 3, 1972
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.