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JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 4, 1949 – February 22, 1970
Service recordJerry Kaopua Brighter, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Kaneohe, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 43
- CRAIG ARLEN BAUERCorporal · February 22, 1970
- ROGER JEROME BERNIERSpecialist Five · February 22, 1970
- ANDREW JOSEPH DUSZYNSKICorporal · February 22, 1970
- WILLIAM C MCCONNELL IVMajor · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LISTON RAPHEAL LEONARDPrivate · Panel 13W, Line 45
From Kaneohe
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · August 25, 1966
- BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JRStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1966
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIROSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- HOY EARL CHUI MUN AUPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
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.