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GERALD PHILLIP OGLESBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – July 19, 1968
Service recordGerald Phillip Oglesby, of North Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- North Mankato, Minnesota (Nicollet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 12
- MICHAEL CONRAD LARSENCorporal · July 19, 1968
- CECIL LEROY MATTHEW JRSergeant · July 19, 1968
- ROBERT DAVIS MORRISPrivate · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
From North Mankato
- DAVID ALLEN HAEFNERCorporal · May 5, 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.