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ALBERT BRIGHAM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1945 – December 14, 1966
Service recordAlbert Brigham, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 42
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13E, Line 42
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- SAMUEL EDWIN WATERS JRMajor · December 13, 1966
- KIM SOVEREEN BIRDCorporal · December 14, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.