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JOHN NEWTON BREWER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – January 11, 1968
Service recordJohn Newton Brewer, of Sonoma, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 27
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Sonoma, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 27
- DENIS LEON ANDERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- ERNEST ODELL BROOMMaster Sergeant · January 11, 1968
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- PHILIP EDWARD BURRELLCorporal · January 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY FRANK KUJAWASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 29
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 32
- LEONARD HARRISON SNEAD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 32
From Sonoma
- THEODORE GLEN FELANDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1961
- DAVID ALLEN KARDELLLieutenant · May 9, 1965
- REGINALD VICTOR MAISEY JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- DEAN HARRY BURNSPrivate First Class · March 31, 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.