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JOHNNIE LEE BRIGMAN
Private · U.S. Army
September 12, 1945 – May 29, 1969
Service recordJohnnie Lee Brigman, of Cayce, South Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Cayce, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 13
- WILLIAM KENEITH WORDCorporal · May 28, 1969
- MATTHEW JOHN BAURLELance Corporal · May 29, 1969
- JOHN WESLEY BLANDINGSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- IRAN COURTLAND BROWNLance Corporal · May 29, 1969
From Cayce
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · August 30, 1967
- BRUCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- CLIFTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- FAY CLYDE SIMMONS IIILance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- THOMAS MARCELLUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- THOMAS ALAN MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
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.