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EVERETTE WAYNE BRIGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – March 27, 1969
Service recordEverette Wayne Briggs, of Madison Heights, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison Heights, Virginia (Amherst County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 56
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- DIMITRIOS G ARNIOTISSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- DONALD RAY ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
From Madison Heights
- HARVEY JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ANDREW JONES COOPERCorporal · May 13, 1967
- WILLIAM EVERETT TYREEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD ROBERTSONCorporal · June 30, 1969
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.