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TERRELL ROBERT GALBREATH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – June 28, 1970
Service recordTerrell Robert Galbreath, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 100
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 100
- JAMES ALLEN WIMMERSergeant · June 27, 1970
- JACK LEE WOLFESpecialist Five · June 27, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR MCGINNSergeant · June 28, 1970
- JOHN PAUL SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1970
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.