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JOHN GILBERT BROADBECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – April 26, 1967
Service recordJohn Gilbert Broadbeck, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 April 26, 1967; two 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 91
- LYNN SEATON BIERMAPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE BUTLERLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER LEE SWAINCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 94
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.