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DAVID CHARLES BROSTROM
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Coast Guard
August 9, 1941 – August 11, 1966
Service recordDavid Charles Brostrom, of Los Altos, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Coast Guard. He died on August 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 126
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. Coast Guard
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- August 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Los Altos, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 126
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RICHARD WESLEY WILLIAMSONLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW CARDOTCorporal · August 11, 1966
- AUBREY CAULEYStaff Sergeant · August 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 9E, Line 128
From Los Altos
- MICHAEL CHARLES DELACYCorporal · November 16, 1965
- THOMAS G DERRICKSON IILieutenant Colonel · October 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS KLINE JRCorporal · March 30, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CASEYSergeant · November 27, 1968
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- JAMES RANDOLPH REGNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DANIEL JEFFREY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
- JOSEPH LESTER HARTSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
- JAMES ALLYN DUENSINGLieutenant · January 30, 1973
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.