The Gabbard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,205 people carried this name — #5,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,097 in 2000.

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In print

Gabbard in American newspapers,
1917–1920.

Newspaper page from The Fayette Falcon carrying the name Gabbard
The Fayette Falcon 1920-07-09
Newspaper page from The Covington Leader carrying the name Gabbard
The Covington Leader 1920-07-08
Newspaper page from The Logan Republican carrying the name Gabbard
The Logan Republican 1917-08-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,156 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gabbard in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1900s.

22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gabbard. The most, 10, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 17
Queensland 3
Victoria 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gabbard.

Who carried it

People named Gabbard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Letcher P. Gabbard 1888– · economist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gabbard,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States276 records

276 records of the Gabbard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 206
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Gabbard

    Born 1921 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio; stock clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Greenwood Cemetery Association, Hamilton, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas Jefferson Gabbard

    Born 1948; from Highland Heights, Kentucky. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Rodford Gabbard

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 2000; buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 276 records for Gabbard in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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