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DANIEL RALPH BROPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 6, 1947 – June 24, 1968
Service recordDaniel Ralph Brophy, of Oceanside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 25
- GARY WILKINSONCorporal · June 23, 1968
- THOMAS LOWELL WINESCorporal · June 23, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BADERSpecialist Five · June 24, 1968
- TERRY NOBLE BARTLINGSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.