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BRIAN WALLACE KONG
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1947 – February 20, 1971
Service recordBrian Wallace Kong, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 125
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
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 125
- CHESTER GEORGE LYONSSergeant · February 20, 1971
- BENJAMIN KEALII MALABEYLance Corporal · February 20, 1971
- WILLIAM WALTER MALONESpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
- DAVID MURRAY MAYCaptain · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER L CLEARWATERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 123
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 124
- WILLIAM WALTER MALONESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 125
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 126
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.