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BRIAN FRANCIS LEFEVRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1947 – July 20, 1968
Service recordBrian Francis Lefevre, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 19
- DONALD ERNEST HEGGANFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- GARY CLAUD JONESSergeant · July 20, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ARTHUR PATRICK MURPHY JRLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 16
- ARTHUR COLEMAN JRCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 17
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 18
- ALLEN LLOYD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 21
- GEORGE ALBERT TODDSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 22
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.