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JAMES KENNETH BRIERLY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1945 – December 12, 1968
Service recordJames Kenneth Brierly, of Carlsbad, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- February 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 10
- ROBERT LEON BELTRANSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- DAN MICHAEL BENNETTPetty Officer Third Class · December 12, 1968
- GALE WALTER CROONFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
From Carlsbad
- JAMES KIETH SANDERPetty Officer Third Class · November 22, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN PETRIECaptain · June 26, 1970
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.