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DONALD LEVER BRICKLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1948 – June 24, 1969
Service recordDonald Lever Brickle, of Cope, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Cope, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 6
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- TERRY LYNN CRUTCHERHospitalman · June 24, 1969
- FERNANDO DERUBEISSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- ALFRED DESIMONEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
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.