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NERY JACINTO BRENES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1930 – January 23, 1968
Service recordNery Jacinto Brenes, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1930
- Home of record
- Bayamon, Puerto Rico (Bayamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 14
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- TOMMY LEE CARPENTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOHN KLIPPELSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 16
- GEORGE MONROE MOORESergeant First Class · Panel 35E, Line 19
- LEROY JOSEPH YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 19
From Bayamon
- RAMON KUILAN-OLIVERASSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WENCESLEO KUILANStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GAMALIEL MARCANO-DIAZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- ENRIQUE BERMUDEZ-PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1967
- JUAN ORTIZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- JUAN BAUT MORALES-MERCADOPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- GUILLERMO A RUIZ-BERNARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
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.