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JOHN LARUE BRIM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 19, 1942 – March 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Larue Brim, of Princess Anne, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Princess Anne, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 66
- PERCY LEE WILFORDStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- GUY JOSEPH BRUNGARDTechnical Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- JOHN BISHOP CABANA JRCaptain · March 29, 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.