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FREDRICK JOSEPH BRENKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1948 – June 27, 1967
Service recordFredrick Joseph Brenke, of St Peter, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 26, 1948
- Home of record
- St Peter, Minnesota (Nicollet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 72
- KENNETH ARTHUR MILLARDLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DENNIS ALFRED OCONNORCorporal · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL PARKERPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- PAUL M RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
From St Peter
- RICHARD RAYMOND WEISEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- STEVEN EDWARD WETTERGRENPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLELLANSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 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.