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IVAN JOSEPH BROYLES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1938 – April 21, 1966
Service recordIvan Joseph Broyles, of Long Beach, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 125
- ROBERT CARLIES COTHRANPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- GROVER R TAYLORStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1966
- ROY DELANO WATTSSergeant · April 20, 1966
- ELLIS ERNEST AUSTINCommander · April 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 126
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 1966
- ALFRED LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.