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JIMMY GENE BRAIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1947 – August 10, 1966
Service recordJimmy Gene Brais, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 120
- GLENN MARK FRIDDLESpecialist Four · August 9, 1966
- ALLEN JOHN KAKUKPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
- RICHARD TILDON KARGERPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
- DENNIS GILBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
- JOHN HARRY PERDUEPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
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.