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BRENDON JAY BERRIGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1948 – July 25, 1968
Service recordBrendon Jay Berrigan, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 4
- JOHN RAY WILSONFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- WILLIAM S BAKERStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1968
- PAUL BLACK JRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD GABLESpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM S BAKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 4
- VAN ALLEN IRWINSergeant First Class · Panel 50W, Line 6
- WAYNE ARNOLD KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 6
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 7
- PAUL HOWARD NABORSStaff Sergeant · Panel 50W, Line 8
- JACK RICHARD SANBORNSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 9
- THOMAS ALBERT LUTGESergeant First Class · Panel 50W, Line 10
- JOHNNIE BRUCE SEWELLCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 10
- CHESTER LAWREN WITANEK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 11
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- DANIEL LEONE ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 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.