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HARVEY BREWINGTON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 7, 1937 – February 7, 1967
Service recordHarvey Brewington JR, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 3
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 3
- CHESTER PAUL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- RUSSEL LEE WATSONStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 3
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 3
- RODGER CLAYBORN SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 7
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.