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HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 23, 1932 – July 24, 1966
Service recordHugh Campbell Galbraith, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 23, 1932
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 67
- GEORGE G DUKEMajor · July 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN CHARLES EUCKERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RONALD LEE FENSTERMACHERPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLIE GRAYSpecialist Four · July 24, 1966
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- IRVIN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · January 24, 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.