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RICHARD DENNIS BREWER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1944 – May 2, 1970
Service recordRichard Dennis Brewer, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 83
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 83
- JOHN PAUL BECKERFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1970
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONASergeant · May 2, 1970
- HAROLD GLEN CRAFTSergeant · May 2, 1970
- DAVID WINTHROP DASHSergeant First Class · May 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALMASYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 82
- FRANK RODRIQUEZ CORONASergeant · Panel 11W, Line 83
- KENNETH LEROY DEFENBAUGHCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 85
- GEORGE DALE SLYEStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 88
- MICHAEL BANARD VARNADOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 89
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 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.