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JAMES STANLEY BRISTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 22, 1951 – September 12, 1969
Service recordJames Stanley Brister, of Fairview, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 75
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Fairview, Ohio (Belmont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 75
- STEPHAN LEE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES HUDSONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE DAVID JACKSONSergeant · September 12, 1969
- BEDFORD FREDERICK WHITEPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.