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DONALD LAVOYCE BRIGHTMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 7, 1948 – June 15, 1969
Service recordDonald Lavoyce Brightman, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 51
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- October 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Ardmore, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 51
- REX DEWEY MORELOCK JRPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- JEFF HAROLD UPPSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
- VALERIANO DAVID CONTRERASSergeant · June 15, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES FANNINGPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- VALERIANO DAVID CONTRERASSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 51
- FRANCIS BERNARD MADDEN JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 54
From Ardmore
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- CLARENCE LEE SHAWSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- ANTHONY RONALD WATKINSSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- THOMAS CECIL VAUGHANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- PHILIP FALCONA GAINESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- JERRY DON DEWBERRYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
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.