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DELBERT RAY BROCKMEYER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – June 3, 1968
Service recordDelbert Ray Brockmeyer, of Ava, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 23
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Ava, Illinois (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 23
- TERRECE EUGENE EDGARLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- DANNY GEORGE FLANDERSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
- STEVEN MARTIN GILLMERFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY WILLIAM BUTLERSergeant · Panel 61W, Line 21
- STEVEN MARTIN GILLMERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 61W, Line 23
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.