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BRIAN DALE UPRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1951 – October 4, 1970
Service recordBrian Dale Upright, of Starrucca, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 112
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1951
- Home of record
- Starrucca, Pennsylvania (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 112
- MARK TIMOTHY SORCIPrivate · October 4, 1970
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 1970
- DAVID ARTHUR DAVIDSONStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GADDIE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 111
- DAVID WAYNE LARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 111
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.