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JAMES MARTIN BRINKMAN III
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 26, 1940 – April 1, 1968
Service recordJames Martin Brinkman III, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 30
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 26, 1940
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 30
- DAVID ALDEN BRENNERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE BURNSIDEPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES CARDINALSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- LESLIE ALLEN DEVERS JRLance Corporal · April 1, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.