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BRENT JOHN TOSH
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 12, 1945 – February 15, 1968
Service recordBrent John Tosh, of Cocoa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 15, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 54
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; nine of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Ninh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 54
- KARL WILLIAM SCHWANBECKPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- ROY FRANCIS SWEDLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- HENRY MARSIAL TABETPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
From Cocoa
- JAMES HENRY BRODTCaptain · May 29, 1963
- WILLIAM L RICHARDSON JRMajor · April 2, 1966
- AUBREY SHAWN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MACKEYCorporal · September 7, 1968
- PERRY SHELTON WHISENANTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 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.