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GERALD JOHN BRATRSOVSKY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1950 – March 28, 1969
Service recordGerald John Bratrsovsky, of Arvada, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 66
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Arvada, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 66
- STANLEY THOMAS BRADLEYSergeant · March 28, 1969
- LEROY BRANTLEYCorporal · March 28, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD BROWNINGCorporal · March 28, 1969
- WALTER VINCENT CROCCOCorporal · March 28, 1969
From Arvada
- DAVID LAWRENCE MANNINGLance Corporal · August 4, 1966
- ROBERT LARRY WESKAMPCaptain · April 25, 1967
- RONALD WYATT ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- DOUGLAS BLANCHARD PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 18, 1968
- DAVID LAVERNE GIRARDOLance Corporal · May 3, 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.