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PATRICK JOHN BREMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – April 1, 1966
Service recordPatrick John Brems, of Mahwah, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 716 MP BN USARV
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Mahwah, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 716 MP BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 70
- ROGER LEE GERTSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1966
- DON CARTER BAKERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1966
- HECTOR WARREN BRYANPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER LLOYD LEECaptain · Panel 6E, Line 72
- MICHAEL TERENCE MULVANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 72
From Mahwah
- EVERETT JACOB MEESTERSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- NORMAN RALPH HETZELSergeant · August 26, 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.