Surname
Gatenby
First name(s)
James Robert
Rank
Cpl
Corps
RNZIR
Service number
38655
Date of Birth
Date of death
Place of burial
Ōpunake Cemetery, Taranaki
Notes
Killed in action, 5 June 1969 – rocket propelled grenade fragments to head in contact. Buried in Terendak, Malaysia then remains repatriated to New Zealand in 2018 as part of the NZDF Te Auraki (The Return) project.
Disclaimer
The Vietnam List is an updated version of New Zealand's original Vietnam nominal roll – the Flinkenberg List – compiled by Captain Con Flinkenberg in 1972. Name, rank and unit information are from New Zealand military pay records. Read more about the Vietnam List.