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JOHN HAROLD ULBRICH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1945 – June 8, 1968
Service recordJohn Harold Ulbrich, of Rochester, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 4
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
- May 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Rochester, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 4
- CLARENCE O HENDRICKS IIICorporal · June 8, 1968
- CHARLES JONES JRCorporal · June 8, 1968
- DAVID KNOXLance Corporal · June 8, 1968
- ARTURO SERNA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
From Rochester
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · August 15, 1966
- DONALD REED FIELDER IIPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD ANDREWS SNYDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GARDINER HALLFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- STERLING HAROLD HILLStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- JOHN BRENT THURNHAMSergeant · June 17, 1969
- DENNIS LEE GAUTHIERStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1969
- JOHN ALYN LARGENTSpecialist Four · May 10, 1970
- KENNETH JAMES SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1972
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.