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HENRY BRABO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordHenry Brabo, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 9
- JAMES JEROME BRANHAMPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ALAN WAYNE BRESHEARSPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- GRADY LEE BREWERPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- CLARENCE FRANK BRISTOLSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN GREENSpecialist Five · Panel 19W, Line 14
- RONALD GENE QUINNSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 20
- JON TASCHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 26
- ADVERT WOODS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 27
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.