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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Brian Andrew Hubis.

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BRIAN ANDREW HUBIS

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army

November 22, 1946 – August 27, 1969

Service record

Brian Andrew Hubis, of Beverly, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 19W · Line 126

Position of Panel 19W 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
First Lieutenant (1LT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
November 22, 1946
Home of record
Beverly, Massachusetts (Essex County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 27, 1969
Age
22
Province
An Giang
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 August 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 19W, Line 126

Same unit, same day

From Beverly

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.