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BOBBIE HERALD BREWER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1945 – February 14, 1970
Service recordBobbie Herald Brewer, of Athens, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 7
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Athens, Alabama (Limestone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 7
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM LOUIS CLINESergeant · February 14, 1970
- ERNESTO CUEVAS-RIVERASpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN HUGHEYSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 9
- ELDON RAY PAYNEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 9
- THOMAS ANDREW GUENTHERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 11
- LOUIS WILLIAM MCLIN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 11
From Athens
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · June 21, 1967
- JUNIOR EDWARD LOTTCorporal · December 19, 1967
- DAVID RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · June 11, 1969
- GARY CURTIS HARWELLCorporal · September 5, 1969
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- PERRY ADKINS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 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.