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GEORGE HENRY BREWER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1947 – October 7, 1968
Service recordGeorge Henry Brewer, of Sacramento, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 22
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
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 22
- BRUCE GILBERT BROWNCorporal · October 7, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- DANIEL PAUL COLGANPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.