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ELZA MORTON BREWER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – November 11, 1967
Service recordElza Morton Brewer JR, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hurcules Fire Control Crewmember (16C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Harrisonburg, Virginia (Harrisonburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 70
- FRANCIS DUANE BATTISTALance Corporal · November 11, 1967
- JAMES LEROY BEYERLINGStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- BILLIE WAYNE BRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES CARTERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOMCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 72
- JOHN WALTER HILL IIISergeant · Panel 29E, Line 73
- CARL JAMERSON MCHANEYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 75
From Harrisonburg
- GARLAND D WHITMORE IIFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MEDFORD PANGLEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- CHARLES VENTON MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · November 10, 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.