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DWIGHT AMOS BREMMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – December 14, 1971
Service recordDwight Amos Bremmer, of Oakland, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 87
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Oakland, Tennessee (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1971. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2W, Line 87
- BERNARD JOSEPH MORAN JRMaster Sergeant · December 12, 1971
- LLOYD STEVEN RAINEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1971
- JOHN GORDON BOYANOWSKILieutenant Colonel · December 14, 1971
- FLOYD DEAN CALDWELLStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD DEAN CALDWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 87
- CECIL CARRINGTON PERKINS JRCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 88
- OTHA LEE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 88
From Oakland
- WILLIAM T CHAFFIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- JOE NATHANIEL WATSONPrivate · February 14, 1970
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.