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RICHARD DAVID BRENNING
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
April 22, 1944 – July 26, 1969
Service recordRichard David Brenning, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 26, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 46
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 112 USS TICONDEROGA CVA 14
- Born
- April 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 46
- ALBERT VICK JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- SILAS CLIFTON WRIGHTPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- LARRY GENE BELDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
- ALPHONSO DEDRICK COWANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1969
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.