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Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966.
Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, make a combat assault, December 1966. Photo: SP5 Charles V. Hoover, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Bernard Francis Brzezinski.

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BERNARD FRANCIS BRZEZINSKI

Corporal · U.S. Army

May 6, 1949 – June 28, 1971

Service record

Bernard Francis Brzezinski, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 91

Position of Panel 3W 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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
Born
May 6, 1949
Home of record
Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 28, 1971
Age
22
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 91

Same unit, same day

From Clearwater

All 20 names from Clearwater →

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.