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JOHN WILLIAM BRINKMEYER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 19, 1946 – November 27, 1968
Service recordJohn William Brinkmeyer, of New England, North Dakota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 71
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 19, 1946
- Home of record
- New England, North Dakota (Hettinger County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 71
- JAMES GREGORY BRADYSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BROWNPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · November 27, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CASEYSergeant · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST LEE BARBERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 70
- ROGER JAY BARTHOLOMEWLieutenant Colonel · Panel 38W, Line 70
- LOREN DAUNE MARTINSENSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 76
- EDWARD BARRY VOGELColonel · Panel 38W, Line 80
- RANDALL WILLIAM WAGNERCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 80
From New England
- PETER BINSTOCK JRCorporal · January 3, 1969
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.