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JAMES ALBERT BRINKOETTER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – October 6, 1968
Service recordJames Albert Brinkoetter, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 17
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 17
- CHARLES WATSON WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- EDGAR LARUE SMITHSergeant · October 6, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.