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EMME R GALBRETH II
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 28, 1943 – May 28, 1973
Service recordEmme R Galbreth II, of Sherman, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 28, 1973, in Thailand, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- September 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1973
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1973. In May 1973, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 118
- RICHARD TENNEY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1973
- JAMES DAVID BEAVERSSergeant · June 6, 1973
- DAVID VANCE MCLEOD JRMaster Sergeant · June 14, 1973
- FRANCIS ELMORE MEADORFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1973
From Sherman
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LEONARD LEROY BEVELSSergeant · November 23, 1967
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 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.