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DEWAINE LAWRENCE BRICKMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1949 – January 16, 1971
Service recordDewaine Lawrence Brickman, of Brownsville, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 47
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Minnesota (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; five of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 47
- ROBERT ERNEST SHARPECorporal · January 15, 1971
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ZEYENSpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
- JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SRGunnery Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- CHARLES RAY BESSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NOEL BARBARO HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 48
- ROGER GUY HOLLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 49
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 51
- JOHNNY NEWTON WARD JRCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 51
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.