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JAMES JOHN BROPHY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1946 – May 21, 1966
Service recordJames John Brophy, of Jackson Heights, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 93
- ROSTEN WAYNE BISHOPPetty Officer First Class · May 21, 1966
- THEODORE JACKSON BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
From Jackson Heights
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- NEIL STEPHEN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GLENN ALLEN LUCASCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JAMES PAUL VOJIRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW KUCICHSpecialist Four · February 19, 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.