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JAMES RICHARD BRINK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 11, 1944 – December 14, 1966
Service recordJames Richard Brink, of Sacramento, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 43
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 43
- ROBERT COPELANDCorporal · December 14, 1966
- JAMES HAROLD DAULTONPetty Officer Third Class · December 14, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HENDERSONSergeant · December 14, 1966
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.