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JAMES HENRY BRODT
Captain · U.S. Army
June 4, 1932 – May 29, 1963
Service recordJames Henry Brodt, of Cocoa, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 4, 1932
- Home of record
- Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1963
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1963. In May 1963, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 23
- NEIL KIRK MACIVERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1963
- HOWARD MAXWELL EAKIN JRCaptain · June 5, 1963
- CHARLES BUFORD JOHNSON JRCaptain · June 14, 1963
- PERCY WRAY HOWELLLieutenant Colonel · June 18, 1963
Same unit, same day
- NEIL KIRK MACIVERPrivate First Class · Panel 1E, Line 23
From Cocoa
- WILLIAM L RICHARDSON JRMajor · April 2, 1966
- AUBREY SHAWN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- BRENT JOHN TOSHSergeant · February 15, 1968
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE MACKEYCorporal · September 7, 1968
- PERRY SHELTON WHISENANTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
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.