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DAVID ARLIN GULBRANTSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1945 – August 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Arlin Gulbrantson, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 13
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · August 5, 1968
- ANIBAL FALCONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- CHARLES VERNON FIRTHPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- MICHAEL NOEL HOBANSergeant · August 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE BAKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 11
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 13
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.