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EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1943 – January 7, 1967
Service recordEdwin Steven Brague JR, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 120
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “129 AVN CO 10 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 120
- PAUL ANTHONY BENKERTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
From Ridgewood
- WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JRCaptain · October 4, 1965
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- DAVID JAMES GUNSTERMajor · June 6, 1968
- JAY JULIUS SCHMIDSergeant · December 7, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIRSergeant · August 6, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 2, 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.