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JOHN KENNETH BRAZIER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1935 – June 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Kenneth Brazier, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 15, 1935
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 25
- ALLEN JAMES BAKERStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD BIAPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- SAMUEL BOYD JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ANTHONY BARTOW BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.