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DONALD EDWARD BROSIUS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1928 – July 19, 1968
Service recordDonald Edward Brosius, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 9
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 14, 1928
- Home of record
- Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 9
- JOHN EDWARD SWEENEYLance Corporal · July 18, 1968
- JOHN ASHLEY TEMPLETONSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1968
- KURT EUGENE WARDSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- HARRISON E WOEHNKER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1968
From Kennett Square
- HOWARD S LINDECAMP JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
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.