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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Keith Milbrath.

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ROBERT KEITH MILBRATH

Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force

September 24, 1925 – November 5, 1970

Service record

Robert Keith Milbrath, of Okabena, Minnesota, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 6W · Line 40

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
Service
Regular
Born
September 24, 1925
Home of record
Okabena, Minnesota (Jackson County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 5, 1970
Age
45
Province
Thua Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

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Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 6W, Line 40

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.