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GRADY LEE BREWER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordGrady Lee Brewer, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 9
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 9
- HENRY BRABOSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- JAMES JEROME BRANHAMPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ALAN WAYNE BRESHEARSPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- CLARENCE FRANK BRISTOLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE FRANK BRISTOLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 9
- STANLEY ALFRED MENSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 18
- CARL PARTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 19
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.