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IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordIvan Clifford Broeffle, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 15
- DWIGHT ERVYN BOZEMANCorporal · May 9, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY GAIL CALDWELLCorporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY RAY BROWNCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- JOHN WILBUR GRUTSCH JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- RUSSELL WILLIAM JARICKPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 24
- TERRENCE ARTHUR KANDLERCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 25
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 1
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH ADDUCISpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
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.