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MICHAEL DENNIS BRIGHTMAN
Captain · U.S. Army
July 18, 1941 – October 31, 1969
Service recordMichael Dennis Brightman, of Morrison, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 7
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Morrison, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 7
- JOHN ALBERT WARRENSergeant · October 30, 1969
- JAMES NED WOOLLEYSpecialist Five · October 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · October 31, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL BAUGHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ALEXANDERLieutenant Colonel · Panel 16W, Line 7
- LARRY MICHAEL BAUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 7
- ADAMO ERMINO DEANGELISCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 8
- STEVE LOUIS ESCALLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 8
- PAUL ROBERT GETZChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 16W, Line 8
- FLOYD STEPHEN GIEBELLSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 8
- LARRY JOE MCGRAWSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 9
- PAUL EDMUND REAUMECaptain · Panel 16W, Line 9
- BRIAN JOHN MORROWSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 10
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 10
- EDWARD EUGENE SEESergeant Major · Panel 16W, Line 10
- MURRAY JOHN WYMANCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 11
From Morrison
- LAWRENCE EDWARD HOWARDPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- DOUGLAS JOHN HAAN JRCorporal · December 20, 1968
- HARRY ARLO AMESBURY JRMajor · April 26, 1972
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.