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GERALD LEE MILBRODT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – February 16, 1968
Service recordGerald Lee Milbrodt, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Sleepy Eye, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường 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 39E, Line 63
- THOMAS LEE LITTLESUNPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ADOLFO LUNASergeant · February 16, 1968
- HARRY ERIC MATTHEWPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ANTHONY MONTANOPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR TIMOTHY FRILEYCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 59
- DERYL RAY GARVICKSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 59
- GARY DALE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 61
- CULLEN WOOD QUINCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 65
From Sleepy Eye
- RONALD LEE SANDMANNSergeant · December 10, 1967
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.