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MILTON DARRELL GRUBER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordMilton Darrell Gruber, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 24
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 24
- CARL KELLY ALLCorporal · June 3, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- CHAUNCEY IKE HALLStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1968
- HERMAN EUGENE HANTZFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 7
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.