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GEAROLD LEE BRANDT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1950 – June 10, 1969
Service recordGearold Lee Brandt, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 11
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 11
- RONALD WAYNE ASHBURNPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE J BUYNOSKI IIILance Corporal · June 10, 1969
- GLYNN THOMAS CAHOONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- JOHN ALEX NORTHPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD WAYNE SHAKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 15
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- THEODORE JANKE JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 1968
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.