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GARY BRUCE MIDKIFF
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 7, 1945 – February 4, 1968
Service recordGary Bruce Midkiff, of Miami, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 4, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 25
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Miami, Oklahoma (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 25
- THOMAS WALTER LOOSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- CLYDE RONALD MENZStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
- BENJAMIN ALLEN MONDRAGONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
From Miami
- DREW DOUGLAS SHIPLEYSergeant · December 10, 1967
- THOMAS DALE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- JAMES TERRY RANSTEADSecond Lieutenant · January 22, 1968
- LEONARD ELZY EULITTPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- DONALD LEE RANKINSCorporal · June 12, 1968
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- LONNIE EUGENE DUMASSergeant · December 29, 1970
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.