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ECKHARD GERHARD BRENKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 9, 1947 – May 8, 1968
Service recordEckhard Gerhard Brenker, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 35
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1947
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 35
- SAMUEL PORTER BEAUFORDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM BEZECNYSergeant · May 8, 1968
- ANDRE MAURICE BROOKSPrivate · May 8, 1968
- JOE CARRILLO JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY EDWARD CANAPPCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 34
- PAUL L DARDEN JRSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 1
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.