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OLLIS BREWSTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1941 – May 13, 1968
Service recordOllis Brewster, of Wellington, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 17
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Wellington, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 17
- JOSEPH ADAMSSergeant · May 13, 1968
- RALPH ROLAND BLACKSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 19
- DOUGLAS GEORGE FACTORASergeant · Panel 59E, Line 21
- BOBBY JAMESSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 24
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 5
From Wellington
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSergeant First Class · August 30, 1969
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.