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JOE JEFFERSON BRACKENS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – January 6, 1969
Service recordJoe Jefferson Brackens, of Castor, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 41
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Castor, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 41
- DAMIAN THOMAS TOMASKOFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1969
- DAN ALLEN VANEREMLance Corporal · January 5, 1969
- ROBERT REINHARD CHACONPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD FRANCEWARSergeant First Class · January 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT REINHARD CHACONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 41
- ARTURO PEREZ GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 42
- JAMES JOHN GROMPONESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 42
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 43
- DAVID LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 43
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 43
- JOSE LIUS LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 43
- JAMES FRANCIS MALLOYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 44
- MARVIN CLIFFORD PEDERSONSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 44
- CHARLES FRANKLIN THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 44
- TERRY LEE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 44
- RALPH LEE VOGELISergeant First Class · Panel 35W, Line 45
- CARL WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 45
From Castor
- JEIDER JACKSON WARRENPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 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.