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BROMLEY HOWARD GERMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1944 – January 6, 1968
Service recordBromley Howard German, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 57
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
- Special Forces, Fa Unit Commander (31193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 57
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ROBERT C GILLENSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE HAGERLance Corporal · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 56
- EDWARD JOSEPH DREW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 56
- ERIC RICHARD FASSITTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 56
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 57
- WILLIAM EDWIN BERNARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 58
- JORDAN EUGENE RAMEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 59
- HAROLD SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 59
- GERALD WAYNE NORTONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 60
- LELAND STEWARTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 60
- JAMES PAUL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 61
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.