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BERNARD GEORGE BRANTMEIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 18, 1949 – June 25, 1970
Service recordBernard George Brantmeier, of Kewaunee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Kewaunee, Wisconsin (Kewaunee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 90
- RICHARD LOUIS BARNESCorporal · June 25, 1970
- CARLOS CHAVEZ JRSpecialist Four · June 25, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH DAVISFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1970
- GARRY LYNN FRANKLINSergeant · June 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARRY LYNN FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 90
- WILLIAM AGNER JURICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 91
- OSBORNE MATTINGLY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 91
From Kewaunee
- TERRY JAMES NEUMEIERCorporal · August 30, 1965
- GERALD ARDEN ROBINSONLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- CARL ELVING PETERSONColonel · February 10, 1968
- PAUL FRANK ROGALSKESergeant · May 1, 1970
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.