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GERALD ROBERT BRENT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 22, 1949 – January 27, 1968
Service recordGerald Robert Brent, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 43
- LUIGI FRANK ALBANESESergeant · January 27, 1968
- KEITH RAY BACORNHospitalman · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- JAMES MARION BUCKPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK RAYMOND JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 49
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.