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JAMES ROBERT BROBST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1950 – February 15, 1971
Service recordJames Robert Brobst, of Newton Falls, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Newton Falls, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 104
- STEPHEN HENRY WARNERSpecialist Four · February 14, 1971
- IVAN RICHARD ASPER JRStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN BRUSOSpecialist Six · February 15, 1971
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROY DELL SHINGLERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 108
- JAMES PATRICK THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 109
From Newton Falls
- DAVID CHARLES TEUTSCHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · April 3, 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.