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JUSTIN PAUL BRDA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1949 – May 28, 1970
Service recordJustin Paul Brda, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 112
- ANANIAS BENTFORDCorporal · May 28, 1970
- ROBERT RAYMOND BERNINGCorporal · May 28, 1970
- CLYDE ALVIN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- EATTERSON BYRD JRCorporal · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL GENE DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 113
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE REYNOLDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 116
- TIMOTEO FRED ROMEROSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 116
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.