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MIGUEL EUGENIO BRIALES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1944 – May 8, 1969
Service recordMiguel Eugenio Briales, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 21
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BORGESPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES BRASHEARLieutenant Colonel · May 8, 1969
- CARL NORMAN CLUTTERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- RONALD BURNS REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTURO PELAJIOPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 20
- RONALD BURNS REYNOLDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 21
- DWAYNE ROBERT PICKARTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 24
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.