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ROBERT EIVEND GULBRANDSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – April 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Eivend Gulbrandsen, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 94
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 94
- WALTER EDWARD GIERMAN IILance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT EARL GILLPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- RALPH WALDO ISRAEL JRSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- CHESTER JARMOLINSKI JRLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.