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JOHN RAMSEY BREGLER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 24, 1949 – October 17, 1970
Service recordJohn Ramsey Bregler, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 4
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 4
- JOHN DEWEY LIVINGSTONSergeant · October 16, 1970
- BERNARD JAMES LOVETT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1970
- DAVID ALAN MOOREPrivate First Class · October 16, 1970
- ROBERT THOMAS WILSONCaptain · October 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE ENGELHARDTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 5
- WILLIAM MAX KOTNIKSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 5
- JAMES JOSEPH QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 5
- JOHN CARL ZAGERCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 6
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.