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FLEMING B BRAINERD III
Captain · U.S. Army
December 31, 1933 – May 26, 1965
Service recordFleming B Brainerd III, of Amherst, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 31, 1933
- Home of record
- Amherst, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 124
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- MAURICE WILLIAM MOSHERMaster Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LYNN WAITMAN PETERSSpecialist Five · May 25, 1965
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
From Amherst
- WAYNE STANLEY HORVATHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
- THOMAS LYNN SNYDERSpecialist Four · September 14, 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.