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MARVIN CARROLL BRIESACHER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 21, 1949 – December 10, 1971
Service recordMarvin Carroll Briesacher, of Farmington, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrician (68F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Farmington, Minnesota (Dakota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 85
- GEORGE SABLAN MENOCaptain · December 6, 1971
- LEWIS ALAN WALTONWarrant Officer 1 · December 9, 1971
- SCOTT WINSTON MCINTIRELieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1971
- RANDY LEE CLIFTONSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
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.