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GERALD JACOB BUDBILL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – January 23, 1969
Service recordGerald Jacob Budbill, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 64
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- BENNY EARL DAVISSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- SYLVESTER DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1969
- HARLON JOE GILMORESergeant · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENNY EARL DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 64
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.