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JAMES WOODROW BRIGHAM JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – January 17, 1969
Service recordJames Woodrow Brigham JR, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 20
- JAMES DANIEL BAILEYSergeant · January 17, 1969
- WALTER EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- WAYNE FRANKLIN BOLTONLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1969
- CHARLES LILLETON BRIDDELLSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK HAROLD BROWNE IIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 21
- ROGER ALLEN DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 22
- ROGER LEO LANGFORDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 25
- MARK DAVID MITCHELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 27
- RONALD FORREST NEALSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 28
- BRUCE MARTIN REITERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 28
- PAUL JOSIAH WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 30
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 1968
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.