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GERALD RAYMOND BRINES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1947 – July 17, 1967
Service recordGerald Raymond Brines, of Shullsburg, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Shullsburg, Wisconsin (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 82
- JUAN VILLEGAS BUENDIAStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE HOGGESergeant · July 17, 1967
- BILLIE MIMBSPrivate First Class · July 17, 1967
From Shullsburg
- LLOYD GEORGE WIEGELPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.