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DAVID EUGENE BRACKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1945 – August 19, 1966
Service recordDavid Eugene Bracker, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 18
- HERMAN LEE TROUPEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH BAHRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ERIC B BARROW JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 18
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.