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MICHAEL JOSEPH BRENTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1951 – August 14, 1970
Service recordMichael Joseph Brenton, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 110
- GORDON SCOTT WISESpecialist Four · August 13, 1970
- SHERMAN FELTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 14, 1970
- WILLIAM EMMETT BARRITTSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- DENNIS HALDANE HERRICKSpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS HALDANE HERRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 110
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.