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GRANT MADISON GILBREATH
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1931 – April 11, 1967
Service recordGrant Madison Gilbreath, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 14
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- JOHN HARRISON HAWLEYLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- KENNETH EARL JAMESSpecialist Four · April 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 13
- BOBBY WALTER COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 13
- EDWIN ELLIS ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 13
- AUDELIZ HERNANDEZ-PENAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 14
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- JAMES DENNIS PIPERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 16
- MEDARD A J RUEHLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 17
- WILLIS WHITE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 17
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 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.