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MICHAEL JOSEPH GALBRAITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 13, 1946 – June 6, 1966
Service recordMichael Joseph Galbraith, of Liberty, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Liberty, New York (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 14
- THOMAS J FALLON JRSpecialist Five · June 6, 1966
- MAXIMO PAULITE FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 6, 1966
- VARL ESTON FULFORDPlatoon Sergeant · June 6, 1966
- EDDIE GREENPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN WAYNE SMITHSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 13
- VARL ESTON FULFORDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 14
- EDDIE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 14
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
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.