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GERALD MARTIN LUBBEHUSEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1952 – May 24, 1971
Service recordGerald Martin Lubbehusen, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 19, 1952
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 53
- ROY LESTER MEADOWSSergeant First Class · May 23, 1971
- LARRY RICHARD DEWEYCaptain · May 24, 1971
- JIMMY DARREL HUMPHRESCorporal · May 24, 1971
- JACKIE DEAN STOGSDILLPrivate · May 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 52
- LARRY RICHARD DEWEYCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 53
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.