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PATRICK JOSEPH BROPHY
Captain · U.S. Army
November 20, 1941 – October 1, 1967
Service recordPatrick Joseph Brophy, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Air Operations Officer (G3, S3) (52163)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1941
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 37
- ROBERT GONZALES MONTOYAPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
- AUBREY G PARKPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
- ROBERT VINCENT SIPELance Corporal · October 1, 1967
- BILLY LEE SNIPESPrivate First Class · October 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GONZALES MONTOYAPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 37
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 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.