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ANDREW JOSEPH BRINZO III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – May 15, 1968
Service recordAndrew Joseph Brinzo III, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 19
- DAVID RICHARD BINNSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- WARDELL BORDERSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- NORMAN CURTIS BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1968
- DONALD DAVID CROWTHERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE EDWARD ALSTONSergeant · Panel 60E, Line 17
- MICHAEL THEODORE DRYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 21
- RANDOLPH PHILLIP ESTRADACorporal · Panel 60E, Line 22
- FRED WILLIAM MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 26
- WILLIE ROSS VARNEYSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 4
- FRANCIS MARION WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 4
- RONALD LEE WIGFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 5
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
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.