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GARDNER BREWER
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 16, 1934 – September 14, 1967
Service recordGardner Brewer, of Melrose, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 14, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 69
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Melrose, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 69
- JOHNNY WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Five · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN WILSFORDLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- WILLIS LEROY WOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
From Melrose
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- HAROLD HERMAN HIRTLEMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- MICHAEL ALLEN DEPROFIOCorporal · April 17, 1967
- RICHARD L NORTONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- DAVID ANDREW BINGHAMPrivate First Class · January 22, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · June 18, 1968
- SCOTT FREDERICK ANDRESENCorporal · May 13, 1969
- CARLETON PIERCE MILLER JRLieutenant (junior grade) · January 6, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
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.