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DAVID ALDEN BRENNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1946 – April 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Alden Brenner, of Parsons, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Parsons, Kansas (Labette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 30
- JAMES MARTIN BRINKMAN IIICaptain · April 1, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE BURNSIDEPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES CARDINALSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- LESLIE ALLEN DEVERS JRLance Corporal · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALEJANDRO DEJESUS-MUNOZSergeant First Class · Panel 47E, Line 31
- GARY BLUITT HARRISSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 32
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 33
- MORTIMER LELANE OCONNORLieutenant Colonel · Panel 47E, Line 35
- CURTIS ALLEN RHODESCaptain · Panel 47E, Line 36
From Parsons
- JOSEPH AVERLL FORD IIILance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOHN EDMOND WALTERSCorporal · March 2, 1969
- LUTHER GREEN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.