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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Anthony Joseph Broullon.

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ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLON

Major · U.S. Army

January 19, 1937 – September 8, 1969

Service record

Anthony Joseph Broullon, of Hempstead, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 18W · Line 58

Position of Panel 18W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
January 19, 1937
Home of record
Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 8, 1969
Age
32
Province
Long An
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 18W, Line 58

Same unit, same day

From Hempstead

All 14 names from Hempstead →

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.