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MARTIN EARL BROPHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMartin Earl Brophy, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 4
- BARRY LYNN BROWNCaptain · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD ALBERT BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- PETER BRUMSergeant · May 5, 1968
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALBERT BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- JOSEPH GEORGE GILLPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 13
- JUAN PATRICIO MARTINEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 22
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 25
- MIGUEL A RUVALCABA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 29
- WILLIAM EMERSON SHAFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 30
- HOWARD JOSEPH SPEARSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 31
- LOUIS LEON SPEERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.