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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Everett W Brauburger.

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EVERETT W BRAUBURGER

Corporal · U.S. Army

January 22, 1949 – July 24, 1969

Service record

Everett W Brauburger, of Soda Springs, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 38

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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)
198 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
January 22, 1949
Home of record
Soda Springs, Idaho (Caribou County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 24, 1969
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 20W, Line 38

From Soda Springs

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.