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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of David George Brenner.

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DAVID GEORGE BRENNER

Major · U.S. Air Force

September 26, 1933 – June 13, 1968

Service record

David George Brenner, of Manhattan, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 57W · Line 6

Position of Panel 57W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Born
September 26, 1933
Home of record
Manhattan, Kansas (Riley County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 13, 1968
Age
34
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 57W, Line 6

From Manhattan

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.